Episodes

THE SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IS HAPPENING!!!! IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST FILM FESTIVALS IN SAN DIEGO. OUR SPECIAL GUEST TONYA MANTOOTH WITH DETAILS ON THE BRITISH SMASH HIT "A KIND OF KIDNAPPING" ALONG WITH "THE ACCIDENTAL GETAWAY DRIVER" BASED ON A TRUE STORY, THE DOCUMENTARY "SILVER DOLLAR ROAD," AND SO MANY MORE! PLUS -- PICK UP SOME TIPS FOR SUCCESS: YOUR CO-HOSTS GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN TALK "PITCHES" AND "INDIRECT" V. "DIRECT" DIALOGUE. WHICH IS BETTER AND WHY? DON'T FORGE...

AS A GAY FILMMAKER, SOFIA SIMANOVICH, FLED RUSSIA AND IMMIGRATED TO CANADA BUT SHE LEFT BEHIND HER TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS. HER TAKE ON LIFE, BREAKING INTO HOLLYWOOD, AND WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT HER HOMELAND INVADING THE UKRAINE. CUBA IS FASCINATED WITH BARBIE --- WHY NOT? WGA STRIKE IS OVER --- 148- DAYS. WE HAVE THE BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM THE NEW DEAL! BIG WIN FOR WRITERS!!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gail-stewart0/message

KELSEY ANN WACKER ON WRITING TO WIN! THIS TIME THE SCREENWRITER, ACTOR, PRODUCER -- WINS WITH A SHORT STORY THRILLER!!!

SAN SCREENWRITERS PRODUCER/HOST GAIL STEWART SITS DOWN WITH DAVID ROCCHIO WHO TELLS YOU HOW TO GET A SEAT AT THE EXCLUSIVE LABS AND RETREATS. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gail-stewart0/message

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITER STUDIO'S PRODUCER/HOST GAIL STEWART GOES TO THE STOWE STORY NARRATIVE LAB IN ALABAMA AND COMES BACK WITH EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET A SEAT AT THE TABLE! YOU GOT THIS! RAUL SANDELIN TALKS ABOUT HOW THE "ONE PAGER" AND HOW TO USE IT TO ADVANCE IN THE INDUSTRY. AND UCSD STUDENT ROHUN KULSHRESTHA SHARES DETAILS ON THE TRITON FILM CLUB, HIS SHORT FILM AND HIS UNIQUE APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p...

JIM HART IS THE SCREENWRITERS BEHIND THE SPIELBERG CLASSIC "HOOK" WITH DUSTIN HOFFMAN AS CAPTAIN HOOK, ROBIN WILLIAMS AS PETER PAN, AND JULIA ROBERTS AS TINKERBELL! HE ALSO SAW HIS SCREENPLAY "DRACULA" COME TO LIFE THANKS TO ANOTHER ICONIC DIRECTOR, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA. HOST GAIL STEWART SAT DOWN WITH MR HART AT THE GHOST RANCH WRITERS RETREAT -- SPONSORED BY THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL. JIM HART TALKS HOLLYWOOD: THE GOOD & THE BAD, THE WGA STRIKE, AND TIPS ON HOW TO BECOME A WORKING SCREENWRITER....

JOIN SPECIAL GUEST -- PEABODY AWARD WINNING CREATOR AND WRITER WENDY CALHOUN -- THE CREATIVE POWERHOUSE THAT YOU MUST HEAR TO BELIEVE. PART I: WHAT IT TOOK FOR HER TO FINALLY LAND THE SCRIPTED WRITING JOB! PART II: THE PASSION TAX & SWEAT EQUITY PART III: AGENT, MANAGER, LAWYER? WHICH IS MOST IMPORTANT? PART IV: THE BEST ADVICE WENDY CALHOUN HAS FOR SCREENWRITERS -- OLD AND NEW! GAIL AND RAUL DO A COMPLETE DEBRIEF ON THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL'S GHOST RANCH WRITERS RETREAT & WHY YOU MIGHT CONSIDER...

ALL WRITERS DO SOMETHING ELSE -- FIND IT -- AND USE IT! THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO'S RAUL SANDELIN, WRITER & MUSICIAN, TALKS ABOUT PULLING FROM BOTH SOURCES! ALSO GAIL STEWART PASSES ALONG A GREAT WRITING EXERCISE FROM SCREENWRITING 101 -- IT'LL LEAVE YOU WITH A SHORT FILM! PLUS COMIC CON IS ALIVE AND WELL! THE HOLLYWOOD BUZZ --- LATEST ON THE WGA STRIKE AND HOW SUPPORT FOR THE WRITERS/ACTORS IS GROWING!!!! BARBENHEIMER? THE BLOCK-BUSTER BATTLE IS UNDERWAY AND THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITER...

SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIOS STANDS WITH THE WGA, SAG-AFTRA UNIONS! HAVE YOU TRIED BRAINSTORMING WITH ChatGPT? WHOA! PLUS MOVIE TRAILERS -- IT'S YOUR NEW PITCH INTRO! LEARN WHAT THE ELEMENTS ARE NEEDED TO MAKE IT POP! JOIN US AS WELL DIVE DEEP IN THE STRIKE ROCKING THE NATION AND SOON YOUR TELEVISION SET! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gail-stewart0/message

JOIN PRODUCER/HOST GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN FOR A WILD RIDE OF SCREENWRITING TIPS ON PARALLEL PLOTS, ACT 2'S BIG DECISION AS SEEN "IN THE HEAT OF NIGHT" --- ALSO A.I. CHATGPT...GOOD OR BAD? THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO HELPING YOU WRITE YOUR SCRIPT!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gail-stewart0/message

WILD PLAYWRIGHT, ACTOR, SCREENWRITER KEIKO GREEN JOINS THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO AND IMPARTS GREAT INDUSTRY NEED TO KNOW INFORMATION! RAUL SANDELIN TAKES APART ACT II -- WHAT ARE THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS? GAIL STEWART TALKS ABOUT SCREENWRITING SCHOOL WITH STORY SUMMIT'S REX MC GEE. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gail-stewart0/message

JOIN THE SAN DIEGO SCREENWRITERS STUDIO PRODUCER & HOST GAIL STEWART ALONG WITH RAUL SANDELIN AS THEY HEAD BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM TO LEARN THE BASICS! RAUL SANDELIN DEVELOPS A NEW OUTLINE FOR SCREENWRITING! GAIL STEWART SHARES TIPS FROM SCREENWRITING 101 -- AND THE WONDERFUL LIFE OF REX MCGEE! PLUS THE LA JOLLA FASHION FILM FESTIVAL AND "NO HARD FEELINGS" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gail-stewart0/message

IT'S THE SAN DIEGO 48 HOUR FILM FESITIVAL WEEKEND!!! GRAB YOUR SCRIPT, ACTOR AND CAMERA AND GET BUSY!!!! EVENT PRODUCER DUANE TRAMMELL IS ON THE SHOW TALKING ABOUT THE DO'S AND DON'TS OF EVENT. SUPER FUN STUFF! JOIN GAIL STEWART AND RAUL SANDELIN TALKING ABOUT THE SECRET SAUCE TO SCREENWRITING.... AND FINAL THOUGHTS ON "WHO THE F**K IS SHARON?" A WORLD PREMIERE PLAY BY KEIKO GREEN, DIRECTED BY ROB LUTFY. IT'S LOCAL!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ga...