Episodes

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO IS PROUD TO PRESENT AN INTERVIEW WITH A.B. LEFCOURT, CO-SCREENWRITER OF "THE MISSED FLIGHT" SAN DIEGO MOVIE AWARDS WINNER! PRODUCER/CO-HOST GAIL STEWART ALSO HAS THE DETAILS ON WHERE THIS INCREDIBLE SHORT HAS LANDED THE FIRST TIME SCREENWRITERS --- A HINT -- THE BIG TIME! ALSO --- TERRY ROSS -- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN DIEGO MOVIE AWARDS HAS ALL KINDS OF TIPS FOR US! WHAT A POWERHOUSE! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gail-stewart0/messag...

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITER'S STUDIO PRESENTS VETERAN HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITER SCOTT MYERS DISHING ON HIS BEST SELLER "THE PROTAGONIST'S JOURNEY: AN INTRODUCTION TO CHARACTER-DRIVEN SCREENWRITING AND STORYTELLING." CO-HOST RAUL SANDELIN HAS BROADWAY NEWS ABOUT CAMERON CROWE. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gail-stewart0/message

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO HOSTS, GAIL STEWART, RAUL SANDELIN AND DR. STACIE HANKINSON, DISH ON THE MOST BINGE WORTHY SHOWS -- AND WHY THEY KEEP HITTING "NEXT EPISODE." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gail-stewart0/message

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO BRINGS THE PITCH TO LIFE --- JOIN PRODUCER/CO HOST GAIL STEWART AS SHE PRACTICES HER "SAVING JIMMY" ONE-PAGE PITCH, WHILE RAUL SANDELIN AND DR. HANKISON SHOW OFF THEIR "ELEVATOR" VERSIONS. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gail-stewart0/message

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO: PRODUCER/CO HOST GAIL STEWART BRINGS YOU VETERAN SCREENWRITER ROZ MIHALKO -- HER LATEST TV COMEDY SCRIPT "NEW AT THIS" -- A PERSONAL, TENDER, AND FUNNY LOOK AT HER OWN TRANSITION. AND --- MORE TABLE READS FEATURING THE GREAT VOICE OF FORMER SAN DIEGO RADIO VETERAN MARILYN HYDER ALONG WITH CO-HOST RAUL SANDELIN. THE SCREENWRITERS STUDIO GIVING STRIVING SCREENWRITERS THE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BREAK INTO HOLLYWOOD! --- Send in a voice message: http...

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO: PRODUCER/CO HOST GAIL STEWART, RAUL SANDELIN AND DR. STACIE HANKINSON TAKE ON MOTIFS, CHARACTERS AND THEIR FOOD, AND THEMES OF "MAID" -- THE NETFLIX BLOCKBUSTER. SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING STRIVING SCREENWRITERS WITH ANSWERS TO SCRIPT QUESTIONS, TIPS ON HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SCRIPT, AND RESOURCES THAT WILL HELP YOU BECOME A BETTER SCREENWRITER. WE ARE ALSO BECOMING KNOWN AS "THE" PLACE TO HEAR UNDISCOVERED SCREENWRITERS TALK ABOUT ...

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO; PRODUCER/CO HOST GAIL STEWART IS PERFECTING HER PITCH, RAUL SANDELIN FRESH OFF HIS BIG DOCUMENTARY SCREENING DELVES INTO TRAITS THAT MAKE CHARACTERS MEMORABLE AND DR. STACIE HANKINSON TALKS SEX IN MOVIES --- HOW DOES THAT WORK ANYWAY? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gail-stewart0/message

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO IS PROUD TO PRESENT NEW YORK SCREENWRITER KELLEY BROWER -- KELLEY JUST GOT BACK FROM THE EXCLUSIVE STOWE STORY LABS WRITERS RETREAT -- YOU'LL HEAR ALL THE DETAILS. PRODUCER/CO-HOST GAIL STEWART IS JACKED UP FROM HER WHIRLWIND TRIP TO BIG APPLE -- AND HOW SHE SO-RELATES TO THE BEST BROADWAY MUSICAL "A STRANGE LOOP" WRITTEN BY MICHAEL R. JACKSON. DR STACIE HANKINSON TAKES ON THE DREADED WRITERS BLOCK -- ALL JAMMED INTO THIS WEEK'S EPISODE!--- Send in a vo...

San Diego Screenwriters Studio interviews San Diego novelist and screenwriter Shawn Rohrbach -- how hard is it to break into Hollywood, lessons from people pleasing, and the layers of Rohrbach's main protagonist Grady Marks. Guest host Raul Sandelin explores contrary emotion in characters, and Dr Hankinson lets us be writers in her room helping her launch the character arc of Scarlett from "Sessions." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gail-stewart0/message

San Diego Screenwriters Studio presents "The Table Reads." Producer/Co-Host Gail Stewart along with guest hosts Raul Sandelin and Dr. Stacie Hankinson read aloud scenes from their original scripts and "gentle" review what works and what doesn't with regards to dialogue, character interaction, formatting, and script budget. THE THREE SCRIPTS: "GUERILLA" - RAUL SANDELIN "SESSIONS" - DR. STACIE HANKINSON "SAVING JIMMY" - GAIL STEWART --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gail-stewart0/me...

San Diego's Screenwriters Studio Producer/Host Gail Stewart with Co-Hosts Raul Sandelin and Dr. Stacie Hankinson hit topics of Character Development, ensuring accuracy in your script, and tips on pitching your script! Join this creative group for lively roundtable discussions taking striving screenwriters along on their journey -- Breaking into Hollywood! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gail-stewart0/message

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO DISCUSSES A SCREENWRITING "THEORY" THAT LEADS TO BIG ACTION, MUSES AND HOW THEY HELP US STAY CREATIVE, AND THE "CONFLICT" GUIDES THAT HELP US DEVELOP GREAT PROTAGONISTS. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gail-stewart0/message

San Diego Screenwriters Studio Co-Hosts Gail Stewart, Raul Sandelin and Dr. Stacie Hankinson discuss table reads, literary origins, competitions, classes and networking --- just a few topics to help striving screenwriters get their voices heard in Hollywood! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gail-stewart0/message

THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIOS HAS SPECIAL GUEST, JOEY TUCCIO FOUNDER OF ROADMAP WRITERS AND THE HOST OF THE 1ST ANNUAL ROADMAP WRITERS RETREAT AT THE PUERTO VALLARTA! ALSO, DR. STACIE HANKINSON EXPLORES MUSIC AND MOVIES AND THE BENEFITS OF A GREAT SCORE. RAUL SANDELAN HELPS US FLIP OUR SCRIPT WITH HIS TAKE ON GENRE STEALING. JOIN US! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gail-stewart0/message

In the #2 Episode of the San Diego Screenwriters Studio Producer/Host Gail Stewart along with co-hosts Dr. Stacie Hankison and Writing Professor Raul Sandelin present the Beatsheet concept, tips on the dreaded Logline along with great resources about one particularly popular motif --- think Therapy!!! Thank you to KNSJ -- San Diego's social justice network. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gail-stewart0/message

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS DISCUSS THE NARRATIVE ARC OF A SHORT FILM, YOUR INSPIRATION PART 2, AND WHAT IT TAKES TO ADVANCE IN A SCREENWRITING COMPETITION. ATTENTION: IF YOU ARE A SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITER AND WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ONE OF YOUR SCENES READ BY US -- ON THE AIR -- SEND 1 T0 2 PAGES OF YOUR SHORT SCENE TO FEEDBACK@KNSJ.ORG. WE WILL READ IT ON THE AIR AND GIVE YOU A SPECIAL MENTION! FEEDBACK@KNSJ.ORG --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gail-stewart0/message

Hosts Gail Stewart, former award winning journalist and successful lobbyist turned screenwriter, Raul Sandelin College professor and producer of several documentaries, along with Writing Professor, Dr. Stacie Hankinson, will take you on a weekly adventure as they immerse themselves in the screenwriter's journey toward Hollywood. This podcast is dedicated to all San Diego screenwriters who feel their voice just isn't being heard in the industry despite living just a few miles south of the indus...