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890. What's the Pulse? Jul 12, 2024

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Writer/Director Marie-Emmanuelle Hartness comes from a personal place in her work and asks the same of her students at Emerson College.

889. A Quiet Force Jul 05, 2024

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Writer and "good witch," Glenda L. Richardson describes her process for capturing voices and crafting stories for celebrities such as Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish and Taraji P. Henson.

888. Lawyer and Dream-Maker Jun 28, 2024

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Entertainment attorney and composer Corey Field sees his work as helping writers and creators achieve their dreams. Here he explains the difference between sales, options and work-for-hire and discusses potential gains and traps along the way.

887. Writing Through the Contraction Jun 21, 2024

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Writer Delondra Mesa (American Rust, Pretty Little Liars) talks about her approach to discovering story and creating content even as the industry experiences "The Great Contraction."

886. Finding the Cues Jun 14, 2024

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Director Dans Karagannis and Writer Liz Renner discuss their journey meeting in an On the Page class and joining together to make their short film Damned If You Do, currently screening in major festivals.

885. Middle East Meets West Jun 07, 2024

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Writer Suha AL Khalifa is a senior writer at the Saudi Giant MBC Studios (Rashash, Devil's Promise) and also wrote the region's first female super-hero film. She talks about how her experience as a psychotherapist and as a "cultural hybrid" (Bahrain, UK, and US) has informed her writing and storytelling.

884. Interactive Storytelling May 31, 2024

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Joe Gold's "Shakespeare Inc." offers sixteen variations of a story. Hear how he wrote it, how "choose your own adventure" storytelling is structured and how this approach can work for video-game and screenwriting.

883. Curating a Film Career May 24, 2024

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Emily Harris is not only an award-winning writer-director (Carmilla), she also has an amazing "day job" as the Curator of Film at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

882. "Why Not Take a Big Swing?" May 17, 2024

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When writer-director GG Hawkins had access to a unique location for a limited amount of time, she "planted a flag and figured out a way to do it," writing, producing and directing an indi-feature called I Really Love My Husband.

881. Film in the Age of Consent May 10, 2024

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Filmmaker/ professor Michele Meek shares her thoughts about changing sexuality in teen films, how rom-coms often rely on a non-consent premise and about her wish that writers put their sex scenes on the page.

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