On The Page

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