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seated at the writers table podcast

“Seated At The Writer’s Table” is meant for anybody who geeks out over writing. If you find yourself over-analyzing a plot-line or discussing the details of a character’s dialogue than this show is for you. If you debate over who’s a better rock lyricist, Neil Peart or Pete Townshend, than this show is for you. If you’ve read and debated the finer points of the Lord of the Rings more than once, than this show is for you. Host Phil Giangrande interviews writers of all genres, as well as industry professionals such as literary agents, publishers and script doctors. For those who are interested in professional content writing for businesses, Phil will be speaking with experts in that field as well to uncover powerful marketing techniques that writers can use to immediately increase sales. Take Your Seat at the Writer's Table.
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Dec 12, 2016

A writer who finds their inner truth, can write their inner truth into every character, relationship and storyline.  In this episode, writer, actor and acting coach Barry Papick discusses his time working with Jamie Fox on "Ray", Sean Connery on "Finding Forrester", allowing an audience to participate in rather than observe your work, telling your truth, understanding the power of emotional recall, examining your life as a writer, the actor to script connection and what a writer can learn from a performance, defining and writing the fatal flaw, navigating the new TV and Film industry and much, much more...

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Nov 28, 2016

Stand-up is a great training ground for Screenwriting.  My guest Screenwriter, Actor & Director of All In A Night's Work Upasana Beharee discusses being very specific and cutting out the waste in your writing, taking what makes you mad and turning it into something that makes you laugh, turning around stereotypes, political humor in your writing, writing against the herd mentality, deconstructing a story, acting out the dialogue you write, structure of a short film, visualizing a scene, write inside the audiences mind and much, much more.

Watch All In A Night's Work Now!

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Nov 21, 2016

Science Fiction Author RJ Johnson discusses character development, theme, researching current & future technology, using location to tell your story and much, much more...

 

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Oct 26, 2016

When you're fighting in the trenches of the film industry you must be resilient and clever to claw your way ahead. The Writer and Director of arguably the most renowned Horror Short ever made "Night of the Slasher" is Shant Hamassian.  In this episode Shant talks about screenplays as a living breathing document, teaming up with the person who will execute the script, writing the perfect treatment, why you might want to hold back your script, holding on to your rights as a filmmaker, working the film festival circuit and much, much more.. 

Check out "Night of the Slasher" 

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Oct 17, 2016

Social Media success is highly elusive for the entrepreneur and even more so for a writer.  In this episode, Author/Publisher Russell Nohelty from http://www.wannabepress.com discusses the astonishing social media strategies he uses to sell his books and the books of his authors.

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Oct 10, 2016

It's not good enough to be talented in Hollywood, you also have to think outside the box, get aggressive and be clever about how you get your film made.  In this episode, writer, director Michael Mateo Rossi and actor Philip Musumeci discuss the writing and making of their new pilot Vengeance as well as creative ways to find and keep investors.

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Sep 19, 2016

Writing an Independent film with the story as the focal point is becoming more and more difficult to get funded and produced, but it's not impossible.  In this episode my guest Writer, Director, Producer and Actor of "the Scarapist" distributed by Silver Streak Entertainment Jeanne Marie Spicuzza to discuss writing a film with the story as the star, launching a successful theatrical release of an Independent film, selling with your title and creating a brand with your film, self-funding your film and recovering the money, leveraging one film to fund another, writing for a budget, distributing in the on demand world, merchandising and much more.

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Sep 9, 2016

Today the Director of La Femme Film Festival Leslie LaPage gives the 5 Common Storyline and Characterization mistakes new writer's make in this in depth interview. Leslie sheds light on what makes a script pop, how to deal with structure, how to find the perfect opening scene, the function of dialogue in characterization and much more...

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Aug 29, 2016

How do you give yourself the best possible chance to get your film financed?  Stack the deck in your favor by thinking like an investor.  My guest CEO & Executive Producer of Samaco Films gives me the step by step process he uses to fund films with budgets from 1 to 10 million dollars.

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Aug 15, 2016

Distilling down a script minute by minute and beat by beat to understand how to construct really compelling stories.  My guest Author of Scriptwriting instructional book "Beat by Beat"Todd Klick talks structure, comparisons between Stephen King & John Irving writing process, analyzing successful movies, starting with tension, escalating tension, creating conflict, moving the story forward, archetypes and much more.

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Jul 25, 2016

We often believe that comedic writers and actors are a different breed, but many of the skills one would need to be successful can be taught.  In this episode I speak with the owner/director of LA Connection Kent Skov about staging, spadework, learning to play yourself as a character, physical comedy, storytelling, finding the little tweaks that make a character, controlling your face to get close ups, writing chemistry between characters, the fine line between funny and not and much more.bxd3ejs3

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Jul 8, 2016

This is the follow up show to the premiere guide to finding alternative funding sources for your independent film.  In this episode The Director of LaFemme Film Festival Leslie LaPage discusses the specific tools that filmmakers need to convince investors to fund their film.  This is advice from someone who has done it!

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Jul 5, 2016

The Premiere guide to finding alternative funding sources for your independent film.  In this episode The Director of LaFemme Film Festival Lestlie LaPage discusses creative ways to find funding such as mimicking the large studios with market research, product placement and many, many other techniques.  Don't miss this show.

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Jun 28, 2016

How do you deal with the death of your beloved mother?  If your my guest, Author Lisa Goich, you write A Memoir in memory of her called "14 Days: A Mother, A Daughter, A Two Week Goodbye."  In this touching and very funny book, Lisa recounts the last 14 days of her mother's life.  In this episode, we talk about her book, her mom, how she found her publisher and the techniques she uses to market this Memoir.

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Jun 21, 2016

My guest Screenwriter Chris Valenti deconstructs how to write a bio pic, interviewing friends & relatives, Save the Cat breakdowns, creating challenges for your principle subject that were real and writing comedy for screen.

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Jun 12, 2016

Passion, Persistence and Partnering are the key elements to Prismatics, a comprehensive philosophy on building your dream career in Hollywood.  Join me as I speak with veteran filmmakers Jennie Lew Tugend (Leathal Weapon, Free Willy) and Devo Cutler-Rubenstein (The Substitute, former Columbia TV Exec) about building memorable characters, creating compelling dialogue with subtext and the importance of networking and production experience for writers.  You may hear a few stories from the set of Leathal Weapon as well!

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Jun 6, 2016

A fantastic step by step guide to writing strong, smart & compelling characters from my guest President of With Pen and Paper, Writer, Editor and Translator Helga Schier.

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Jun 1, 2016

How do you write, produce and direct a rock opera for film?  In this episode I am so excited to put my music background to good use as I speak with Creator and Writer of the very unique and clever rock opera "The Breakout" Chris Edgar as well as Director Jenn Page and Producer Dave Hoffman.  This film is wonderfully crafted and beautifully shot and during our discussion Chris, Jenn and Dave told me exactly how they got it done.  Enjoy the show.

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May 26, 2016

This is as close as I can get to the straight deal on how to market and sell your film in the quickest and most effective way. On the show is the President at LA Media Consultants Deborah Gilels and the Director of LA Femme Film Festival Leslie LaPage to talk about creative marketing strategies and distribution for independent films as well as finding financing and getting the interest of the studios.  Don't miss this one!

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May 14, 2016

Scriptfest is a fantastic place to learn about screenwriting as well as pitch to 120 production companies, managers and agents.  Co-founder and President of Scriptfest Bob Schultz discusses highlights of the 3 day event and gives valuable advice to use when you walk into the pitch room.  Here are some of the highlights:

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May 6, 2016

This is as close as I can get to the straight deal on how to market and sell your film in the quickest and most effective way. On the show is the President at LA Media Consultants Deborah Gilels and the Director of LA Femme Film Festival Leslie LaPage to talk about creative marketing strategies and distribution for independent films as well as finding financing and getting the interest of the studios.  Don't miss this one!

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May 2, 2016

Author Mike Robinson has released the 3rd book in the Twilight Falls series, Waking Gods.  In this episode, we discussed his latest book as well as writing the vomit draft, adapting a book to a screenplay,  writing a non-linear trilogy, marketing to a new audience, creating super fans, looking for the cool idea, the process of self editing and making editing fun.

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Apr 25, 2016

My guest is a Hollywood writer and host of the WGA podcast 3rd and Fairfax Steve Trautman.  In this episode we talk about analyzing a script, identifying stories and beats, developing compelling characters, transitioning between stories, single camera and multi-camera sitcoms, writing revealing sub-plots, behavioral comedy, being relatable with your script, writing an original pilot, what show runners look for in a staff, the difference between a feature film and a TV series, capturing the magical time of your character's life, improv to help your writing, functioning in a writer's room  and much more.

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Apr 12, 2016

How do you prepare for a pitch meeting and what in the world do you do when you get there?  In this 2 part series, the Director of LA Femme Film Festival Leslie LaPage discusses what it takes to create great Key Art, every component of the perfect Look Book, making a great first impression, power structure of the pitch room, who talks and when, delivering a strong and visually compelling pitch and the follow up.

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Apr 4, 2016

How do you prepare for a pitch meeting and what in the world do you do when you get there?  In this 2 part series, the Director of LA Femme Film Festival Leslie LaPage discusses what it takes to create great Key Art, every component of the perfect Look Book, making a great first impression, power structure of the pitch room, who talks and when, delivering a strong and visually compelling pitch and the follow up.

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