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Scriptnotes Podcast

John August and Craig Mazin

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Screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin discuss screenwriting and related topics in the film and television industry, everything from getting stuff written to the vagaries of copyright and work-for-hire law.
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Join us as we analyze one screenplay at a time, celebrating its stand-alone beauty as a unique literary device, independent of the final film. From exploring tone and theme to dissecting structure and unforgettable characters, we break down what makes each script sizzle. Dive into the rich imagery and clever narrative devices that create a sensory experience on the page. Hosted by Jeff Barker, this storytelling podcast offers a deep dive into the creativity and precision of screenwriting.
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A podcast about the first-draft secrets behind great movies and TV shows. Each episode, the screenwriter behind a beloved film shares with us their initial screenplay for that movie. We then talk through what changed, what didn’t and why on its journey to the big screen. Hosted by Al Horner and produced by Kamil Dymek. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Selling Your Screenplay Podcast helps serious screenwriters sell their screenplays. We offer practical advice about how to market your script and get it into the hands of agents, managers, producers, and directors who can get your screenplay produced.
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Writers on Film

Film Stories

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Writers on Film is the only podcast to focus on film books and to talk to the best authors working in the area of cinema. From Making Of tomes to biographies, studies to novelisations, author and film critic John Bleasdale is fascinated by where the written word intersects with the world of the big screen. Get bonus content on Patreon A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk
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Zena Dell Lowe is a seasoned and engaging teacher with a passion for writers and storytellers. Her focused, concise, and practical episodes (all roughly 20 minutes) not only explore the nuts and bolts of the craft, but also dive deep into the inner life of the artist and the "why" behind creativity. If you believe that story matters, you'll want to give this podcast a listen.
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To the White Sea

To the White Sea

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A close look at the work of the Coen brothers through the lens of their unproduced screenplay To the White Sea, based on the novel by James Dickey. Hosted by filmmakers Jordan Fish and Ray Tintori, and featuring awesome guests. Every week we read two pages. Ray has read the screenplay and Jordan hasn't.
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Screaming into the Hollywood Abyss

Noah Evslin and Dan Rutstein

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Behind the glitz and glamor, Hollywood can be brutal. For every success, there are many more rejections and failures. Screaming into the Hollywood Abyss explores that world and each week a new guest will talk about dealing with rejection, failure and adversity in the entertainment industry. Writer Noah Evslin and podcaster Dan Rutstein ask the questions.
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Screenplaying

Jared Robinson and Brian Murray

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Screenplaying is a comedy podcast in which two friends take tiny, baffling prompts and turn them into full length feature films. Hosted by Brian Murray and Jared Robinson, two high-school students who got bored one day.
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New episodes every Friday! On Page One - The Writer's Podcast, we talk to writers of all descriptions (authors, screenwriters, comic writers and more) about their writing process and how they craft their next great works. We also explore their career, including how their first big break happened, and discuss the ups and downs along the way. We learn something new every episode, and we hope you do as well. Page One is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. ...
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The Writer's Cut: A Screenwriting Podcast

Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens

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The Writer's Cut is a movie podcast by screenwriters, for screenwriters. Each episode, we discuss a movie that won a screenplay award from the Writers Guild of America. The full list: https://boxd.it/lhVYQ The Writer's Cut is not affiliated with the Writers Guild of America.
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Thrillers and crime movies you never heard of because they haven’t been made— yet. Each season we present a full-tilt, radio-style podcast of a feature length screenplay with a final commentary episode from the people involved in the films non-making. We’ll listen to their stories—both bleak and hopeful—about the project that will hopefully get made once it’s been heard on our podcast. Got a killer screenplay and a story to tell about how it didn't go so well and you didn't get to make your ...
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Write Your Screenplay Podcast

Jacob Krueger Studio

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Rather than looking at movies in terms of "two thumbs up" or "two thumbs down" Award Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger discusses what you can learn from them as a screenwriter. He looks at good movies, bad movies, movies we love, and movies we hate, exploring how they were built, and how you can apply those lessons to your own writing. More information and full archives at WriteYourScreenplay.com 831588
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Austin Film Festival's On Story Podcast is the companion to Austin Film Festival's television show, On Story. Get an uncensored inside look at the creative process of film making through the eyes of some of the entertainment industry's most prolific writers, directors and producers.
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Scriptcake

Lovinder Gill

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Scriptcake is dedicated to the art and craft of screenwriting. With over 20 years of experience teaching screenwriting, I've seen novice screenwriters struggle with the same issues over and over again. I’ve created this podcast for those of you who struggle with these very same script issues. This podcast will help you overcome the most common mistakes screenwriters make and will help you develop your idea into a multi-dimensional story. If you want help formatting your screenplay, google it ...
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The Screenplay Writers

Ryan Abbott and Nathan Hare, Screenplay Writers

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The Screenplay Writers is a master class in writing screenplays by two screenplay writers who, between them, have crafted dozens upon dozens. And that doesn’t include the dozens more they’ve brainstormed. Join Ryan and Nathan as they share their vast stores of knowledge on the essential elements of a successful screenplay—as well as the challenges of the revered profession. Yeah, there are a few!
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Mildly Pleased

Mildly Pleased

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Whether we're reviewing movies, making top 10 lists about random topics in pop culture, or coming up with bizarre screenplay pitches, you can bet we're not getting too worked up about it.
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One Sitting Screenplays

One Sitting Screenplays

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One Sitting Screenplays is a comedy podcast hosted by David McWatters, Rhys Hakstol, and Dylan Girodat. In each episode a word or phrase is used as a base for creating an improvised screenplay full of laughs, bad character development, and very seldom smooth bass grooves.
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Story Nerd

Melanie Hill, Valerie Francis

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For novelists, memoirists and screenwriters who want to write stories their readers will love. Each week literary editors, Valerie Francis and Melanie Hill, use films to explain how to craft a story that hooks the reader on page one and holds their attention all the way to the end. The goal is simple: to learn from writers who have come before us...what worked well and what didn't work so well. If you're a writer who loves to write, this podcast is for you! "The only thing that matters, and ...
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Bad Screenplays

Mark, Stewart

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We’ve spent years writing screenplays that nobody wanted to make into reality, we couldn’t even find anyone to read them! So we decided to review amateur screenplays to figure out what makes a bad screenplay. Hopefully by the end of this journey we’ll be able to write a good one. Probably not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Let’s Talk About It (on behalf of FPI UNSOLVED) is a thrilling true crime podcast and weekly YouTube series streaming every Friday at 7:00 pm CST / 8:00 pm EST @theForYouTV and @FPIJustice that dives deep into compelling cases and mysteries. Perfect for audiences who crave detailed investigations and fact-based storytelling. While others are posting unbelievably ridiculous fairy tales and untrue bullsh*t—we’re here to give you the real meat-and-potatoes served with the real mother f*ckin’ re ...
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A year-round conference in the arts.Symposium features seminars and panels on screenwriting, filmmaking, publishing, and beyond, plus Town Hall discussions that expose the hard truths of The Arts. RealTalk™ and honest advice. Rip off the veneer and join the conversation ...
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Picture This

Tyler Amm, Scott Caine, Trevor McCandles & Marc Wilkinson

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Picture This is a comedic movie podcast where four film buffs try to pitch an original movie based on the worst possible suggestions, while the others ridicule his every idea!
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Wunderkind!

Jeffrey Sass

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Griffith Stein is a film nerd working as a projectionist at The Studio... He can recite the shooting script for CITIZEN KANE by heart, but he's never had an original thought of his own... until he becomes the next Hollywood wunderkind!
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To free her daughter, a young mother must unravel an ancient riddle as she fights a cursed mirror and the demon inside. Nominated for Outstanding Horror Podcast, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Performance by New Jersey Web Festival. Nominated for Golden Crane Award. Official Selection New London Film Festival.
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CineStories Podcast

CineStory Foundation

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Working Hollywood pros give writers the inside scoop on the craft and business of screenwriting. This podcast is brought to you by the CineStory Foundation, a Los Angeles-based, non-profit organization committed to the nurturing of outstanding visual storytellers from the United States and around the world.
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My First Indie Film

Jason Baumgardner

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Follow along the journey as director, Jason Baumgardner, takes his maiden voyage into no-budget feature filmmaking. Hear recaps of each day as the filmmaker goes from finding an idea, writing the screenplay, directing the film, and editing the footage.
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From of our patron-exclusive episode on Andor. Listen to the full episode over on the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/137646578 🎬 Beyond the Screenplay on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondTheScreenplay 🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patre…
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In this episode, we break down the writing journeys and signature styles of some of today’s most influential screenwriters and filmmakers: Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, The West Wing, The Social Network) Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar, Beau Is Afraid) Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach (Lady Bird, Barbie, Marriage Story) Zach Cregger (Barbarian, Weapon…
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On this episode of the podcast your host Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Chuck Russell about his latest Supernatural Horror movie Witchboard (2024). Our guest, Chuck Russell talks about how he got his Writer/Director Debut with A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987). Topics also include writing remakes or reboots of classic […]…
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Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH This week we are joined by our friends from Escape This Podcast to talk the unbelievable story behind John Boorman’s unmade Lord of the Rings movie. A bizarre, psychedelic 1970s adaptation that almost made it to the big screen. In this episode, we explore the wild screenplay and how it compares to Peter Jac…
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This week on On Story, a conversation with screenwriter Mark L. Smith on writing Twisters – the 2024 summer film that took audiences by storm…literally! The action-packed, thrilling adventure directed by Lee Isaac Chung is a standalone sequel to the 1996 film Twister starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton and produced by Austin Film Festival awardee K…
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Watch as a video episode on YouTube! Ideas are like gold dust, they say. But are they? Should you hold some back to put in future books, or should you put everything you have into the one you are writing now? We discuss the common pitfalls that some new writers can make. Drafting Notes is a new series of podcast episodes in which one award-winning …
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This week we're throwing it back to season 2. Valerie is studying The Hero's Gift Expressed and Melanie is studying Forces of Antagonism. Legally Blonde is a beautiful example of both! Get The Fundamentals of Storytelling today! Go to storynerd.ca/courses and use coupon code CANADA50, now through July 7, for 50% off. For access to writing templates…
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John and Craig welcome back producer Megana Rao, who has a question: how do you polish a script before sending it out? From obvious things like typos and title pages to tougher choices like cutting and transitions, they look at what to consider on a final pass so you can email your script with confidence. Then it’s another round of the Three Page C…
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Nicholas Bell from IONCINEMA joins me to run down the films we've watched so far at the 82nd Venice Film Festival. We talk La Grazia, Frankenstein, After the Hunt, Bugonia, No Other Choice and The Smashing Machine. We probably talk about even more in this bumper Lido fuelled edition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Literary agent and co-founder of Greenstone Literary Agency, Laura Heathfield joins us to chat about moving from aviation to publishing, how she tackles the challenges of being an agent and starting a literary agency with Tanera Simons. Support the show on Patreon! 💖 And get extended episodes, ad-free and a week ahead of everyone else. 🙏 For audio …
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As a former script reader, I've seen it all. There are so many things that make a reader, producer, financier or distributor pass on your film. If it's the story, that's one thing but if it's any of these mistakes, you're cutting your legs off before you even begin walking through your screenwriting career. Make sure you avoid all of these mistakes…
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Watch as a full video interview instead! Elodie Harper is a bestselling author whose Wolf Den trilogy has won wide acclaim. The first book The Wolf Den, was a book of the month for both Waterstones and Barnes & Noble, won the Glass Bell Award and was shortlisted for Page turner of the year at the British Book Awards. The second in the series, The H…
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How do the antagonistic forces in your story escalate distinctly from the protagonists’ journey? We often struggle to develop the middle stages of a story. Could this be because we focus on our protagonists’ journeys and plot structure more than on how the antagonistic powers are awakened, wronged, discovered, gathering strength and revealing thems…
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Do you really need a villain to tell a powerful story—or can life itself provide the opposition your character needs? In this episode, Zena answers a writer’s question about whether “life as the villain” works, and breaks down the difference between antagonists, villains, and complex characters who don’t fit neatly into either box. You’ll learn: Wh…
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PART 2 OF 2 Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH This week Cambo and Alexei Toliopoulos finish talking about the Planet of the Apes that was supposed to star Arnold Schwarzenegger from the 90s. 00:00 - Intro/Recap 02:05 - The Story (Part 2) 38:10 - What Happened? 48:45 - Outro CAST: Joe Gaudet Danielle Santos Ben Wagner Paul Kozinski Jay Zadeh…
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Get ready for another in our Emmy Awards nominees mini-series. Today, Joshua Zetumer, showrunner of Say Nothing, joins us to break down his riveting adaptation of the book of the same name by Patrick Radden Keefe, which hit screens last year. Say Nothing offered a stunningly well-realised recreation of a tinderbox time on the streets of Belfast, No…
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Watch as a video episode on YouTube! You've finished your book and you're ready to send it off - but what should you include in the query letter? And perhaps more importantly, what shouldn't you include? We discuss it all on today's Drafting Notes! Drafting Notes is a new series of podcast episodes in which one award-winning writer (Tariq) and one …
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In this week's episode, Melanie introduces the concept of conflict triangles and honestly, if you use them in your work, your story will improve immediately. In terms of cast design, while usually the plot supports the development of the characters in this case, the characters support the development of the plot. If you don't know which option best…
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John and Craig examine how to best use your connections to help yourself and others. They look at ways to identify the strength of a connection, leverage them without being manipulative, the nitty-gritty of approaching others for a favor, and the important ways to be generous in return. We also look at the good news in the WGA’s 2025 Screen Compens…
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Today on Script Apart, the next in our run of conversations with nominees for this year’s Emmy Awards. Dying For Sex – created by Liz Meriwether and my guest today, Kim Rosenstock – is an adaptation of the popular Wondry podcast series of the same name about one Molly Kochan – a writer diagnosed with terminal cancer, who documents her sexual reawak…
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The Writer's Cut - Episode 51: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 15th Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Written Drama - Written by Horton Foote The Full List on Letterboxd Hosted and Produced by Andrea Berting and Trevor Owens, Composed by Rob Sobnosky Contact: [email protected] Next Episode: Flow (2024) - Trevor's Birthday Bonus Episode Ed's…
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A long time ago in a galaxy not so far away, writer-director Dan Gilroy became captivated by the machinations of power; how throughout history, authoritarian figures have seduced electorates, seized control of nations and eroded important pillars of democracy – leading resistance fighters to push back across punishing decades of struggle. It’s a ta…
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Children's/YA author and award winning bookseller, Gráinne O'Brien joins us to chat about writing a verse novel, the role of a bookseller and the literary scene in Ireland. Support the show on Patreon! 💖 And get extended episodes, ad-free and a week ahead of everyone else. 🙏 For audio listeners: Spotify Apple Amazon Listen to The Chosen Ones and Ot…
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Available HERE. Blockbuster box office. Critical acclaim and Oscars recognition. From Get Out and M3GAN to The Substance and Sinners, the horror genre is enjoying a glorious–and gory–golden age. Screaming and Conjuring details the films and frights that led to this extraordinary renaissance, from the release of the groundbreaking Scream in 1996 to …
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To the White Sea is back to discuss HONEY DON’T!—the slapjacking new film from Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke—and we’re bringing a new episode format to attempt to wrap our minds around this monumental moment. We’ve gathered some of our favorite minds of filmmaking and film analysis—Melissa Tuckman, Ben Brewer, and Emilio Diaz—for an unrehearsed panel…
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Welcome to Eddington – population: all of us. The new film from writer-director Ari Aster transports audiences to a town on the brink of combustion that, in a way, we’ve all been residents of for five years now. Look out your window right now and there may not be a New Mexico mountain range hugging the horizon like in the Eddington of Aster’s movie…
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Sabrina Dhawan's debut feature as screenwriter, Monsoon Wedding, won the ‘Leon D’Oro’ at the Venice Film Festival and a Golden Globe nomination. Sabrina’s other produced screenplay credits include Kaminey, directed by Vishal Bharadwaj for UTV; Ishqiya, directed by Abhishek Chaubey for Shemaroo Entertainment. 11.9.01, directed by Nair for Canal Plus…
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Natalie Jayne Clark is a neurodivergent writer and poet based in Perth, Scotland. The view as she writes is the ever-changing vista of trees and clouds lining the top of Kinnoull Hill. Her debut novel, a darkly funny sapphic crime tale called 'The Malt Whisky Murders', is out now and is nominated for best debut at Bloody Scotland 2025. It was great…
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PART 1 OF 2 Support the show on PATREON Buy our MERCH This week Cambo is joined by Alexei Toliopoulos as they break down a Planet of the Apes film from the 90s that took a very weird diversion from the regular series. It gets really weird. 00:00 - Intro/Recap 03:25 - The History of the Project 14:18 - The Story (Part 1) 52:45 - Outro CAST: Joe Gaud…
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This week on On Story, a conversation with the creator and showrunner Tanya Saracho on her process crafting the hit Starz television series Vida. Saracho is a critically-acclaimed playwright and television writer known for featuring authentic latine storylines. In fact, Saracho co-founded the Untitled Latinx Project (ULP), whose mission is to incre…
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Watch as a video episode on YouTube We all know the old saying "Don't judge a book by its cover" - but the trouble is, many people do! That's why trad publishers spend lots of money on designers for book covers! We discuss the difference a good and a bad cover can make, how self-published authors can make covers like the pros, and how to push back …
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