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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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Nov 14, 2014 • 59min
375. Meet The Gambinos
Powerhouse team Lori Gambino (a blacklist screenwriter) and her husband David (producer of “The Judge,” starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall) talk about screenwriting, biographical adaptations and the creative collaboration of marriage.

Nov 7, 2014 • 49min
374. LSF 2014
Writer Emma Gahan steps in as roving reporter for this year’s London Screenwriters’ Festival. Guests include the Deputy Chairwoman of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, Jason Pittock (the winner of the Bluecat Screenplay Competition), Amma Asante (director of “Belle”) and more!

Oct 31, 2014 • 36min
373. An Imagineer Writes
Jeffrey Travis brought engineering and art together with his film "Flatland" and his business "Positron." Here he talks about those projects as well as his movie "Dragon Day," on VOD this week and "Old Fashioned," going against "Fifty Shades of Grey."

Oct 24, 2014 • 45min
372. A Great Spec And A Dash of Confidence
Writer/director Tracie Laymon has a hot spec and new representation. Fortunately, her experience in the independent world has prepared her well.

Oct 17, 2014 • 1h 10min
371. Black Characters on Screen (or the lack thereof)
Writers Hilliard Guess and Lisa Bolekaja talk about the need for diverse characters and diverse writers’ rooms.

Oct 10, 2014 • 56min
370. Beware "The X-Factor!"
Chris Amick, Development Assistant at Trigger Street Productions, offers up a list of “do’s and don’ts" for new writers.

Oct 3, 2014 • 41min
369. Confessions of Two Very Sweet Writers
Hear how Cheryl Texiera (writer/director of "Confessions of a Bitter-Sweet Actress") and Cassie Daniels (writer of "Convalescent" with Sinovio Entertainment) teamed up to write their spec "Bachelorette Weekend" and sold it within six months!

Sep 26, 2014 • 1h 38min
368. Log Line Contest 2014
Former Imagine reader Matt Belknap, armed with his terrible Australian accent, returns to help Pilar analyze listener log lines. Who will be the big winner?

Sep 19, 2014 • 51min
367. Pep Talk
Writer/Director Josh Stolberg inspires as he talks about his Hollywood hits ... and notable misses.

Sep 12, 2014 • 53min
366. The Versatile Writer
Writer Mark Valadez talks about his journey from the ABC/Disney Fellowship to the comedy medical show “Scrubs" to the dramatic one-hour “Gang Related.”


