On The Page

Filmmakers Jane Edith Wilson and Grace Lee discuss their controversial movie "Janeane From Des Moines" and its unique fact-to-fiction style of storytelling.

Stand-up comedians Murray Valeriano, Ryan Budds and Pat Francis discuss the structure of joke writing and the craft of script writing.

Taped live at the London Screenwriters Festival, Pilar interviews producer Lucy V. Hay,  author Linda Aronson and writers Tim Clague and Danny Stack.

NYC Writers speak!  (Please remember to help out their city).

PIlar and David discuss the structure and DNA of political films and tv shows.

Roving reporter "San Francisco Terisa" interviews writers and filmmakers at Hollywood's scariest film festival!

Writer/Director, producer of the "Unofficial" Google Plus Film Festival Mike Wollaeger discusses shorts and web series.   http://blindlylefilms.com/pilar

Dara McGarry, animation production and visual effects, has a "chin wag" with Pilar and Pat.

For show runner Jeff Kline, it all boils down to story.

What do "The Master" and "The Avengers" have in common?  Four-part Structure!  Pilar and Pat discuss.

Chris Sparling, writer of "Buried," talks about finding inspiration from airplanes, obituaries and bunk beds.

Todd Klick, author and writer, discusses the universal story and scene beats of great movies.

Using an On the Page template, Pilar runs through the elements of pitching to a manager or agent.

In the process of selling two original pilots, Laura House learned ten valuable lessons about writing and selling to Hollywood. http://laurahouse.com

Writer Bill Birch talks about pitching material, getting assignments and doing the job.

Edgar Pablos and Judith Cummings discuss pre-production on their film The Legend of The Horse Thief. Joe Gold and Tammy Caplan finish production on their movie Desperate Acts of Magic.

Pilar and David talk shop and discuss the meaning of scene conflict.

Dan Avidan & Brian Wecht, co-writers and producers of Ninja Sex Party and DJs in PJs, talk about their love of music and storytelling.

Sean Hood, screenwriter (Halloween:Resurrection, Cube2, Conan The Barbarian) and blogger, discusses the (sometimes painful) rewrite process. http://genrehacks.blogspot.com/

Are you an outliner or a page person?  Writer / Teacher Corey Mandell discusses.