Pilar and guest co-host Jason Levy (winner of the 2016 Log Line Contest) listen to the movie and TV pitches of writers Cat Alvarado, Barbara Cole, Julianne Eggold, Darius Garland, Misha Klein and Ryan Nanni.

Writers Ayser Salman and Lena Khan talk about the challenge and promise of writing Muslim characters for film and TV.

TV and film choreographer Courtney Miller reveals the way on-screen dance contributes to story.

Brian Pope, Mike Musa, Nina Berry and Pat Francis join Pilar for their annual discussion of the nominees for best screenplay and best adapted screenplay.

Kim Zubick, producer of "The Zookeeper's Wife," reveals the movie's long road from book to screen.

Author Pamela Jaye Smith talks about the structure, characters and different kinds of love found in the movies curated in her new book, "Romantic Comedies: These Films Can Save Your Love Life."

Brian Kalata and Stephen Andrzejewski, the producers of the documentary "Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild Strike," look back at the issues that created the strike and discuss the changes in the industry since its resolution. We then rebroadcast Episode 10 of the On the Page Podcast, originally recorded on the eve of the Writers Strike.

Career coach Lee Jessup returns to talk about the interviews she conducted for her new book "Breaking In: Tales From The Screenwriting Trenches."

Screenwriter Giz Gewirtz, co-founder of Seismic Games, discusses the possibilities and limitations of virtual reality narratives.

Kathryn Renee Thomas and Caitlin Barlow, creators and stars of "Teachers" on TV Land, school us in the improv techniques they use to build characters and find "the game of the scene."