Breaking the Rules with Pilar Alessandra

Pilar Alessandra is the director of the screenwriting and TV
writing program On the Page, host of the popular On the Page
Podcast and author of the top-selling book “The Coffee Break
Screenwriter.” She started her career as Senior Story Analyst at
DreamWorks SKG and, in 2001, opened the On the Page Writers’ Studio
in Los Angeles where she directs her screenwriting and TV writing
program On the Page. Her students and clients have written for The
Walking Dead, Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost and Family Guy.
They’ve sold features and pitches to Warner Bros, DreamWorks,
Disney and Sony and have won the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship,
Austin Screenwriting Competition and Warner Bros. TV Writing
Workshop. In addition to her private classes taught out of the On
the Page Writers’ Studio, Pilar has trained writers at ABC, Disney
Animation, CBS and hosted the 2016 Pitch Conference at the American
Film Market. Learn more about Pilar’s work at www.onthepage.tv You
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