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When Paul W. Downs, Jen Statsky, and Lucia Aniello were first pitching Hacks, they didn't have a precise tonal comp when the network asked. But the trio ultimately knew that they w...
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Story to Script

  • May 15, 2024
From "safety nets” to “act three payoffs," Pilar goes solo to talk about what she’s learning while working with writers Story to Script.
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Charlie Dugan is a stand-up comedian who found his audience after his "final" performance went viral. He's currently on a multi-city tour with his brother. But you won't see them a...
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Hearing Celine Song discuss her authority as an artist is powerful stuff. Despite no feature film directorial experience, she knew she had the secret key to lead the production of ...
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None of that Boring Love

  • January 23, 2024
Today’s glut of rom-coms: Why do we love them? What do they get right? What do they get wrong? Writer Elizabeth McKenzie has opinions!
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Leah and Angel talk with screenwriter, playwright, professor, Ed Horowitz. In this very special (we talked for two hours) part two of three Pitch! Episode, Angel puts himself on th...
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Dr. Laura Erickson–Schroth, psychiatrist, writer and activist, discusses positive and negative portrayals of mental health issues in film and television.
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Despite being a multiple Academy Award winner, celebrated producer, and feature/TV director, Jodie Foster is still aiming for a singular goal: to tell truthful stories. On today's ...
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Creating Together

  • August 28, 2023
Proving that a couple who creates together stays together, writer Elizabeth Musgrave and artist Frank Forte talk about their adventures turning features into plays, plays into shor...
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With hits like BRING IT ON and STICK IT, writer/director Jessica Bendinger is known for her subversive and surprising takes on female girlhood, using archetypes in a way that audie...
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In our continued conversation about where and how to begin as a screenwriter, we take your (excellent) questions! We talk about outlining, cards, character development, and how to ...
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Actor/writer Scott Turner Schofield, Executive Producer of They/Them and consultant for Euphoria, talks about his work bringing complex and authentic stories of trans-characters to...
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Second part of podcast switcheroo! Geoffrey answers Leah’s question: what three things should screenwriters be doing proactively? Leah gets on her "what it takes to be a writer" so...
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Independence Day

  • August 3, 2023
Pilar helps you “declare your independence” from a conventional screenwriting school of thought on outlining, branding, daily writing and more!
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We bring our "beginning" miniseries to a close with this instant TSL classic, wherein Meg gives many pep talks.
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TOM AND JERRIES: Join me and editor, filmmaker and blogger David Brook (Blueprint Review), as we talk Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and The Enemy Below, both film...
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This week we welcome director Cynthia Hill and producer Christine Delp on the show to talk about their HBO documentary series The Burden of Truth, which they made together across e...
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So you want to be a screenwriter. Now what? Today we discuss some of these important questions to ask before you jump into a draft - questions that are JUST as valuable for emergin...
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Podcast switcheroo! Leah and Angel interview Geoffrey Calhoun, host of The Successful Screenwriter Podcast. Plus you can check out Geoffrey's interview of us coming up on his podca...
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Emmy-winning TV super-producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach is back. This time, he chats about his wonderful essay "WHAT I DO ON THE PAGE." clarifying that ultimately, the basic mechanic...

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