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470. Log Line Contest 2016 Sep 09, 2016

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Matt Belknap (podcast king and former reader for Imagine Entertainment) joins Pilar to evaluate listener log lines and pick a winner!

469. Moving the Needle Sep 02, 2016

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Tom Nunan discusses his tremendous career from being an executive at ABC, Fox, NBC and UPN to founding Bull's Eye Entertainment which produced the Academy Award winning movie "Crash."

468. The Return of Marc Haimes Aug 26, 2016

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Marc Haimes, writer of "Kubo And The Two Strings," discusses his up and coming projects: the adaptation of the subversive graphic novel "Nimona," and a drama based on the Waco Texas tragedy, produced by Mark Boal.

467. Reality Rocks Aug 19, 2016

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Producer and TV host Damona Hoffman talks about the creativity and storytelling that goes into developing and writing reality shows.

466. How To Write Like A 10th Grader Aug 12, 2016

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Larry Friedman, the high school teacher you wish you had, walks us through the inspiring prompts and exercises he gives in his writing classes. Guaranteed to unstick any writer ... no matter what the age.

465. Trans Characters on Screen Aug 05, 2016

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

464. Scoring Story Jul 29, 2016

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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.

463. Romy, Michelle, and Robin Schiff Jul 22, 2016

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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.

462. Scripting Suits Jul 15, 2016

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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.

461. Novel To Screen Jul 08, 2016

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

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