On The Page

Dec 06 2024 688 ep. 47 mins 714
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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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912. "The Product is Never the Story"

Dec 06 2024 39 mins  
Writer/Publicists Alexandra Grizinski and Jenny Beres talk about ways that screenwriters can mine their personal story to get interest in their scripts as well as the ways they can expand to different media to help them get work and get noticed.

911. Announcement: 2024 Logline Contest

Dec 04 2024 3 mins  
It’s time for the annual On the Page logline competition! Pilar explains the rules and gives the deadline.

910. Reality to Scripted

Nov 29 2024 28 mins  
Filmmaker Pooja Parvati Gupta’s experience in reality shows turned out to be excellent narrative training for creating compelling scripted stories. Hear how she made the choice to move from one to the other and how personal experience impacts her storytelling.

909. Stranger Than Fiction

Nov 22 2024 37 mins  
Writer Alan Jenkins created 1/6, a comic book based on the “what-ifs” of a successful insurrection. Now, he’s seeing many of those imagined scenarios play out in real time. Here he talks about the ways that comic books have taken political stands over the years and gives guidelines for writers to help them be more empathetic in their writing and creative workplace.

908. Aaron Kozak Can’t Stop Writing

Nov 15 2024 40 mins  
Writer Aaron Kozak was a winner at the Austin Screenwriting Festival this year and a finalist in two other categories! Here he talks about the many ideas he’s put on the page, his ability to write a lot of material very fast and how moving away from Los Angeles has made him a better writer.

907. The “Ikigai" of Virgil Williams

Nov 08 2024 39 mins  
Virgil Williams, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Mudbound, talks about his latest feature film, an adaptation of the August Wilson playThe Piano Lesson, produced by Denzel Washington and directed by Malcolm Washington.

906. Christmas Can Wait

Nov 01 2024 41 mins  
When actor/writer Mia Serafino was given the opportunity to audition for the Netflix show Beef, she knew this was a script worthy of changing her Christmas plans. Here she talks about what speaks to her in scripts and how this has informed her own journey as a writer.

905. Dystopic Yet Hopeful

Oct 25 2024 47 mins  
Lynn Renee Maxcy, writer for The Handmaid’s Tale and The Complex talks about her love of sci-fi and speculative fiction where, no matter how dark it seems, a story can always provide hope.

904. Talent Meets Teamwork

Oct 18 2024 38 mins  
Screenwriters Rafael Aguilo and Neal Thibedeau have written more than ten projects over the past four years and Pilar thinks they need their big break! Here they talk about their favorite projects and their style of collaboration.

903. Producing and Pitching

Oct 11 2024 40 mins  
Producer Kim Zubick (Togo, The Zookeepers Wife) emphasizes the need for emotion in verbal pitches, pitch-decks and sizzle reels.