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On The Page
Hosted by Pilar Alessandra · EN
ON THE PAGE: Join professional script consultant Pilar Alessandra as she demystifies screenwriting and answers your questions about script craft and story.
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995. The Writers Guild Foundation
1w ago00:34:14Tap to summarize"The Writers of today helping the writers of tomorrow." Such is the motto of The Writers Guild Foundation and its executive director Julie Lacouture. Julie describes the programs at the WGF which include the Veterans Writing Project, the Writers Access Program and its new partnership with the Nicholl Fellowship.
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994. The Play's the Thing
2w ago00:38:22Tap to summarizeActor/writer Marissa Alaniz discusses the love of the craft and passion for her subject matter that led her to write and produce her recently published play Elizabeth.
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993. Lessons from Wanuri
3w ago00:57:25Tap to summarizeLessons about bio-pics, lessons about pitching, lessons about hope. Writer/director Wanuri Kahiu (Rafiki, Washington Black) returns to the podcast to talk about all of it. Don't miss this one!
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992. Coming of Age as a Screenwriter
4w ago00:47:19Tap to summarizeActor/writer Karin delaPena Collison's first feature script Coming of Age won a Nicholl Fellowship. Here, she talks about what led up to it and what came next.
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991. Dialogue Driven
May 2201:44:03Tap to summarizeOn the Page Podcast and Rock Solid Podcast listeners contribute their favorite dialogue-driven clips from movies!
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990. Nadia 911
May 1500:43:42Tap to summarizeNadia Abass-Madden drew from her experience as a 911 operator to land a job on the Fox series 911. 49 episodes later she's back on the podcast to tell her tale.
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989. Shooting for the Moon
May 800:31:53Tap to summarizeKatrina Medoff, co-founder/executive director of the Moonshot Initiative, talks about the program's mission, events, film challenge and script accelerators - all aimed at getting emerging writers in the door.
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988. Script Supervisor to Screenwriter
May 100:43:44Tap to summarizeSylvia-Anne Parker is already a rockstar script supervisor, but over the years she's also been selected to the Sundance Episodic Lab, the Writers Lab and the Sony Creative Corridor. Recently, her BBC audio drama A Tale of Two Trumpets won an Imoson Award. Hear what she's learned as she continues on her path to screenwriting success.
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987. Master Adapter
Apr 2400:36:01Tap to summarizeWriter Jeremy Slater has built serious genre credentials across major IP, from creating Marvel's Moon Knight and developing Netflix's The Umbrella Academy to writing on Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and the television adaptation of The Exorcist. Here he talks about his latest feature film, Mortal Kombat II, and his approach to adapting IP and making it his own.
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986. A Screenwriter to Watch
Apr 1700:48:11Tap to summarizeNamed a top 25 screenwriter to watch by the ISA, Irish screenwriter Conor Dowling has written for everything from kids animation to live-action sci. fi. Here he talks about the ongoing development of his feature projects and the lessons he's learning along the way.
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