Tools of the ScreenWriting Trade. From the top! Pilot program, audio podcast series for screenwriters. Donald Gold, writer-director-producer of classic TV including Miami Vice, Diagnosis Murder, CHiPs, Rockford Files, and scores of feature films (“You don’t create characters around a plot. Characters create the plot.”); Jack Allen, former Vice President of Development (films & TV); screenwriter, Steve Young, who turned his back on Hollywood (and tells why), plus actor Jeff Evans sharing his view of what an actor needs from a screenplay, engage in a lively exchange of advice, warnings and valuable tips. Esther Luttrell (credits include CBS, MGM, screenwriter Te Ata, co-writer & producer Lithium Springs) plays host to these wise-but-irreverent professionals along with co-host, Mojave Beach Productions writer-producer, Patrick McGranahan. Their special guest, novelist Kyra Robinov, represents moviegoers-at-large. Podcast theme was created and performed by David Fesliyan of Fesliyan Studios.  A Mojave Beach Production from its Writers Write Right theater. Running time: 1:39. Note: Luttrell’s Tools of the ScreenWriting Trade is the only book on the subject endorsed by the Writer’s Guild of America.

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