On The Page

Writer Sonya Ellis talks about the negative tropes and positive approaches to writing trans characters in film and TV.

Composer and writer Heather Schmidt talks about the ways she captures the emotion, tone, pace and story beats of the films, TV shows, and video games she scores.

Pilar entertains Robin Schiff in the OTP Studio, as Robin relates the autobiographical origin of her script for 'Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion', and teaches us how to effectively write voices through improv, all while reflecting on how writing comedy for TV and Film have changed over her thirty-year career.

Writer Aaron Korsh, (creator of the hit show Suits), and director Kevin Bray (Suits, Empire, Blackish, CSI, Walking Tall) discuss the happy intersection of writing and directing on TV.

Rebecca Phelps and Chris Cookson, authors of the blog "Novel2Screen," discuss the ways that screen adaptations go right … and painfully wrong.

Entertainment attorney Richard DeLossa discusses copyright protection, script releases, writing partnerships and more.

Writer Suzanne Keilly talks about her work on "Ash vs. Evil Dead" as a writers' assistant, episode writer and webisode writer.

Pilar helps writers Alicia Lomas Gross and Steve D'Arcangelo build a whole movie from one real-life-event. Listen and follow along!

Terry Rossio, writer of "Aladdin," "Shrek" and "Pirates of the Caribbean," shares his thoughts about adaptation, story telling, dialogue and script notes.

SK Valenzuela, literature professor and winner of the Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest, discusses the similarities between poetry writing and screenwriting.