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Pilar Alessandra
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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May 22, 2020 • 59min
665. A Roadmap for Achieving Your Goals
Goal coach Debra Eckerling talks about the road trip approach to setting, planning and achieving goals laid out in her new book, Your Goal Guide.

May 15, 2020 • 42min
664. Finding the Movie of the Doc.
Documentary filmmaker Senain Kheshgi talks about the way she uses narrative movie structure to shape her groundbreaking films.

May 8, 2020 • 51min
663. The Enchanting Rich Fulcher
Writer/Actor/Comedian Rich Fulcher returns to crack Pilar up with his take on voice acting, pitching and writing on Matt Groening's animated show Disenchantment.

May 1, 2020 • 48min
662. From "Ha" to "Aw"
Veteran writers Juliet Aires Giglio and Keith Giglio talk about following structure while freshening genre in their latest venture writing Christmas movies (Christmas Reservations, A Very Nutty Christmas) for Lifetime.

Apr 24, 2020 • 1h 5min
661. Your Favorite Quarantainment
Pilar enlists the listeners to talk about the bingeable shows that are helping them get through the Coronavirus quarantine.

Apr 17, 2020 • 55min
660. "This is My Jam"
Chris Sparling, writer of BURIED, THE SEA OF TREES (nominated for the Palm d'Or at Cannes), MERCY and the soon to be released GREENLAND, is a veteran at working remotely and taking meetings online. In this episode he offers tips on virtual networking, maintaining focus and writing well.

Apr 10, 2020 • 49min
659. Will Podcast for Candy
Locked down with their mom, Pilar's kids Ezra Dodson and Rita Dodson discuss "teen" language, portrayals of teenagers on screen and their mutual love of inappropriate horror movies.

Apr 3, 2020 • 58min
658. The Myth of the Starving Artist
Personal finance consultant Lisa Gould leads a creative conversation about ways that writers can save, manage and spend their hard-earned money.

Mar 27, 2020 • 1h 1min
657. "Like An Escape Room"
Brian Keith Etheridge has been a writer and co-EP for the half-hour comedy The Neighborhood, The Goldbergs, Mike and Molly, The Mick and The Ranch … just to name a few. Here he shares his wisdom about writing, pitching and the dynamics of the writers' room. His philosophy: "Anyone who pitches the solution is a hero."

Mar 20, 2020 • 54min
656. "The Note Home Remains the Same"
Screenwriters Dave Merlino and Dustin Sweet share their four-year journey filming a documentary about war veterans.


