On The Page

Roving reporter San Francisco Terisa interviews visual effects master Phil Tippett about his work on Star Wars, Twilight and more.

Karl Iglesias, author of "Writing For Emotional Impact" joins Pilar and Aadip in answering listener questions about suspense, flash-forwards, love scenes and more.

A winner is picked from this year's batch of listener loglines!

Matt Belknap joins Pilar to evaluate and vote on listener loglines!

Writer/Actor Matt Price talks about writing for "The Regular Show" while also acting on such shows as "Men of a Certain Age," "Reno 911" and "1600 Penn."

Brian Pope and Mike Musa are back to review the best screenplay and adapted screenplay nominees. This year they're joining Pilar and David Bax to argue about "Moonrise Kingdom," "Argo," "Lincoln," "Amour" and more!

Writer Craig Fernandez discusses his approach to adaptation of books, classic stories and comic books.

David Bax and Pilar talk to writer/performer Rich Fulcher (The Mighty Boosh and Snuffbox) about career and comedy in the US and UK.

As a follow up to her Script Magazine article, "Party Pals and Doormat Dudes,"Pilar and Aadip cover the wide-range of supporting characters on film and TV. (They also geek out on Downton Abbey.)

Actor Tobias Forrest and Director Hilari Scarl discuss the benefits of writing for characters with disabilities.

Writer/Producer Hugh Fink talks about his seven years writing on Saturday Night Live and about his current TV show, Parental Discretion.

Filmmaker and funny girl Joy Gohring talks about her adventures in independent filmmaking for features, tv and web.

Career Coach Lee Jessup discusses personal branding and making it in the business. http://www.leejessup.com

Actor/Producer Joe Sabatino describes the journey he went on to create, pitch and produce the one-hour show "Necessary Roughness."

They're back! "Christmas Guys" Brian Turner and Garrett Frawley talk scripts and Santa.

TJ Miller writes in a bathing suit. He also has some interesting things to say about script writing, comedy and ways to create "likable" characters.

Taped live at the London Screenwriters Festival, Pilar interviews Pitchfest Winner Tom Kerevan, Writer Paul Bassett Davies, Producers Luke Ryan & Sascha Hecks and Festival Founder Chris Jones.

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.

Karin and Regina write together and apart, cover every genre on TV and have great advice on getting work!

Literary manager Mark Wheeler discusses what he looks for in clients and in scripts.

Parts 1 and 2 of the reading and analyzing listener submitted scene direction. Who will be the winner?

Writer/director Jesse Wolfe discussed the making of his indie film starring Campbell Scott and Melanie Lynskey.

Roving reporter San Francisco Terisa interviews writers, producers and organizers at the 2012 Great American Pitchfest.

Graham Elwood and Chris Mancini, hosts of the Comedy Film Nerds Podcast, discuss popcorn movies, genre cliches, smart kids camp and the Secret Service. www.comedyfilmnerds.com

Conan writers Dan Cronin and Ted Levin talk comedy, submission packets and the "joke delivery system."

Doug Chamberlain, writer of Toy Story 2, reveals what he's learned about writing and the business.

Nina Berry and Jen Klein talk about how writing scripts has made them better YA novelists. http://ninaberry.com http://jenkleinbooks.com

Mom as movie protagonist? Pilar, Pat and filmmaker Leila Charles Leigh discuss! http://www.leilacharlesleigh.com

Jack Thomas, writer of "The Fairly Odd Parents," "The Replacements," and the tv show "How to Train Your Dragon," talks about his writing career. Special cameo by Rita Dodson.

Pilar, Pat and guest Alex Cramer explore and analyze well-written character descriptions and action lines. New contest announcement as well!

UCLA Screenwriting Professor Howard Suber discusses key ponts from his books The Power of Film and Letters to Young Screenwriters. http://thepoweroffilm.com