On The Page

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By: Pilar Alessandra

ON THE PAGE: Join professional script consultant Pilar Alessandra as she demystifies screenwriting and answers your questions about script craft and story.

923. "That’s Another Story!”
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Today at 10:00 AM

On the Page “rising star" Tamar Feinkind has found stories from her dad, herself, her motherhood and her Jewish identity. Here, she talks about her projects, pitches and a pivotal name reclamation that helped change everything.


922. Finding Humor In the Darkness
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02/07/2025

Political turmoil! Climate disasters! How can a comedy writer find the funny? Marc Warzecha, writer, comedian and director of The Sketch School, is here to help.


921. On Call With Tiffany Bratcher
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01/31/2025

Writer Tiffany Bratcher worked her way up from writers PA to writer for the Amazon Prime series On Call and story editor for Chicago PD. Here she talks about writing procedural and half-hour drama, police ride-alongs and the need to always be pitching. 


920. The Women’s List
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01/24/2025

Writer Jan Kimbrough discusses The Women’s List, a nonprofit spotlighting production-ready scripts by women writers.


919. When Your Life Becomes a Movie
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01/17/2025

Pilar and her husband Pat describe how their real life story felt like a movie story as they evacuated Los Angeles during the wildfires.


918. Playdate to Red Carpet
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01/10/2025

Filmmaker, author, comedian Sari Karplus made a movie with her kids on a lark and ended up winning film festivals! Listen to her take on working with kids, how she wrote four childrens' books and how taking time to “look at the trees,” might just be the key to a work / life balance.


917. The Short
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01/03/2025

Writer/director/educator Rae Shaw discusses her new book, The Short, emphasizing the many forms of short form storytelling and the different approaches that can be taken to writing it.


916. Logline Competition 2024: Part 2
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12/28/2024

Pilar reads and gives feedback on the loglines that didn’t make the top fifteen lists for the 2024 Logline Contest.


915. Logline Competition 2024
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12/27/2024

Pilar and Aadip read, evaluate and vote on feature and TV loglines sent in by listeners!


914. 2024 Writing Year in Review
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12/20/2024

Career coach Lee Jessup returns to discuss the industry changes and writing trends of 2024 and shares what’s ahead for the new year.