Welcome to the Act Two Podcast where screenwriters Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman demystify what it means to be an everyday working Screenwriter.
A podcast for Screenwriters, by Screenwriters.
The Work/Life Balance with David H. Steinberg
66 hours 23 mins; May 08, 2022
4 Common Notes and How to Revise Them
42 mins; May 01, 2022
How to Start an Adaptation
34 mins; April 25, 2022
Tony Gilroy’s 7 Steps to Writing an Original
53 mins; April 17, 2022
Best Pixar Movies and TWIW
51 mins; April 11, 2022
How We Create Characters
48 mins; April 03, 2022
We Should Talk About Nepotism...
40 mins; March 27, 2022
When to Move On...
30 mins; March 20, 2022
Having Etiquette As A Screenwriter...
43 mins; March 13, 2022
Pitching Is Terrible: The Series (Part 6 -- How to Prep like Steve Jobs)
45 mins; March 07, 2022
Script Club: ENDING THINGS by Kevin Sullivan
45 mins; February 27, 2022
The Manager Life: Interview w/ John Zaozirny of Bellevue Prods.
59 mins; February 21, 2022
How to Set the Tone in Meetings
50 mins; February 13, 2022
How to Revise Your Script
37 mins; February 06, 2022
Heroes & Villains: The Pirate, the Crooked Cop, the Wicked Step-Mother, and the Adventurer
55 mins; January 31, 2022
Pitching Is Terrible: The Series (Part 5 -- The Rewrite Pitch)
31 mins; January 23, 2022
MacGuffins: To Use Or Not To Use?
39 mins; January 17, 2022
Breaking Into The Industry: Q&A With Mickey Fisher
58 mins; January 09, 2022
New Year, New Writing Goals
53 mins; January 02, 2022
Taking A Break Over The Break?
25 mins; December 26, 2021
The Setup: Home Alone vs. Home Sweet Home Alone
21 mins; December 20, 2021
The Breakdown: DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (Better than the OG?)
72 hours 41 mins; December 13, 2021
Don‘t Please Your Producer (from a Producer)
55 mins; December 06, 2021
This Week in Writing
29 mins; November 28, 2021
Holiday Gifts -- What to get Reps and Producers
35 mins; November 21, 2021
The Breakdown: Writing Action Setpieces
49 mins; November 15, 2021
How to Handle Submissions
54 mins; November 07, 2021
Screenwriting Twitter Topics
33 mins; October 31, 2021
The Pitch: Film to TV
47 mins; October 24, 2021
Finding Your Next Idea
39 mins; October 18, 2021
When to Work for Free?
58 mins; October 11, 2021
Tasha Interviews Josh: AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL
57 mins; October 04, 2021
Josh Interviews Tasha: SHOWRUNNING
47 mins; September 26, 2021
Fireside Chat
50 mins; September 19, 2021
Writer‘s Tool Chest: The Notecard
51 mins; September 12, 2021
What A Good Relationship With Your Reps Looks Like
62 hours 8 mins; September 05, 2021
This Week in Writing
41 mins; August 30, 2021
Daily Life of a TV Staff Writer with Monty Bennett
45 mins; August 22, 2021
Anatomy of an Action Setpiece
56 mins; August 15, 2021
The Note Giver's 10 Commandments
53 mins; August 08, 2021
To Study Film, or Not? with Special Guest: James Stoteraux
82 hours 7 mins; August 01, 2021
Staying Proactive And Being An Advocate For Yourself.
49 mins; July 25, 2021
The Open Writing Assignment (OWA): Devil or Deliverer?
43 mins; July 18, 2021
This Week in Writing
50 mins; July 11, 2021
How to Stay Organized
28 mins; July 04, 2021
This Week in Writing
39 mins; June 27, 2021
The Art of Adaptation with Special Guest: Evan Spiliotopoulos
48 mins; June 20, 2021
Film Writing vs. TV Writing with Special Guest David Levinson
53 mins; June 13, 2021
Fireside Chat: This Is Us
49 mins; June 07, 2021
Pitching Is Terrible: The Series (Part 4 -- The Ten Minutes After You Pitch)
41 mins; May 31, 2021
The Note Taker's 10 Commandments
62 hours 54 mins; May 23, 2021
WHY MOVIES WORK: Nobody, Mortal Kombat and The Mitchells vs. the Machines
57 mins; May 17, 2021
Development Hell
54 mins; May 09, 2021
Ghostwriting -- The Best Kept Secret in Screenwriting
58 mins; May 02, 2021
The Walt Disney Television Writing Program: Interview with 2020 alums, Adrian Viña & Allyson Philobos
57 mins; April 25, 2021
Secret to the Spec Sale: Interview with Daniel Kunka
70 hours 2 mins; April 18, 2021
Fireside Chat
38 mins; April 11, 2021
How to Have a "Voice"
44 mins; April 04, 2021
Snyder Cut & Mythology
54 mins; March 28, 2021
ANNOUNCING: Act Two Mentorship Program with Coverfly (with special guest, Tom Dever, Head of Writer Success at Coverfly)
48 mins; March 21, 2021
The Breakdown: TED LASSO Pilot -- Character Intros
43 mins; March 21, 2021
Documents Writers Write (that aren't the script)
60 hours 13 mins; March 07, 2021
Process: Getting the Job - Tomb Raider and Red Sonja
41 mins; February 28, 2021
Fireside Chat
43 mins; February 21, 2021
The Art of Act One: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
50 mins; February 14, 2021
Three Act Structure
60 hours 41 mins; February 07, 2021
Screenwriting Life: A New Hope
46 mins; January 31, 2021
WGA 101: Interview with Ben Shiffrin, WGA Captain
71 hours 24 mins; January 24, 2021
Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling
58 mins; January 17, 2021
Pitching is Terrible: The Series (Part 3 -- Visuals in a Pitch)
82 hours 56 mins; January 10, 2021
Get Competitive: Interview w/ bRock Newell, 2018 Screencraft Fellowship Winner
41 mins; January 03, 2021
New Year's Resolutions: How to Make (Writing) Goals
39 mins; December 27, 2020
The Breakdown: LETHAL WEAPON (Demystifying a Legend)
89 hours 2 mins; December 20, 2020
The Breakdown: Back to the Future (Act 3 - Obstacles & Pay-Offs)
48 mins; December 13, 2020
The Breakdown: BACK TO THE FUTURE (Act Two - The Art of Cause & Effect)
