The Coffee Break Screenwriter with Pilar Alessandra

Pilar Alessandra started her career as Senior Story Analyst at
DreamWorks SKG. In 2001, she opened the Los Angeles-based On the
Page Writers’ Studio dedicated to teaching and consulting with
screenwriters and TV writers at all levels. She’s the author of the
top-selling scriptwriting book, “The Coffee Break Screenwriter,”
and host of the popular “On the Page Podcast.” An in-demand
speaker, she’s taught seminars at Disney Animation, ABC, CBS and
MTV, and traveled the world teaching in the UK, China, Poland,
Vietnam, Columbia, Portugal and South Africa. Pilar’s greatest
accomplishment is the success of her students, many of whom have
won top competitions like the Nicholl Fellowship, are working on TV
shows such as “The 100,” “The Walking Dead” and “Grey’s Anatomy,”
and have sold scripts and pitches to studios including DreamWorks,
Warner Bros. and Disney. We discussed screenwriting versus web
series and tv writing. For more information about Pilar, her
classes, consultations, book and podcast, go to www.onthepage.tv.
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