Podcast
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.
18episodes
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989. Shooting for the Moon
6d ago00:31:53Tap 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
2w ago00:43:44Tap 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
3w ago00:36:01Tap 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
4w ago00:48:11Tap 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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985. Company Retreat
Apr 1000:38:14Tap to summarizeCreating involved character bios and being ready for the script shifting at a moment's notice; LaNisa Renee Frederick talks about the acting-plus-improv process involved in the unconventional Amazon series, Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat.
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984. Producing in the UK
Apr 300:45:14Tap to summarizeVeteran producer Eleanor Greene talks about the ways she discovers and develops stories, often "beginning at the end" to help a project find its way.
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983. Screenwriting in South Africa
Mar 2700:54:58Tap to summarizeZunaid Mansoor, a leading professional script editor and consultant in South Africa, shares his wisdom about screenwriting, the entertainment marketplace and the future of storytelling for his country and beyond.
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982. How to Be a Screenwriter
Mar 2000:41:00Tap to summarizePhil Stark, screenwriter and licensed therapist, talks about his latest book, How to Be a Screenwriter, covering how to network, get an agent, develop with producers and take notes.
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981. Oscar Talk 2026
Mar 1301:55:41Tap to summarizePilar and her friends Brian Pope, Mike Musa and Alex Troxler get together in person for one last time for their annual discussion about the best screenplay and best adapted screenplay Oscar nominees.
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980. Blacklisted
Mar 600:44:32Tap to summarizeWriter Chris Hill, the host of the podcast Blacklisted, talks about his personal screenwriting journey and what he's learned talking to writers who've made the coveted "Blacklist."
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