How the Arts Were Won

S5 Ep3 – The Art of (High-Concept) Screenwriting: A Conversation with Ian Shorr

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2547858/fan_mail/new] Creating imaginary management companies as a kid, making huge spec sales, and pivoting in the industry for survival. An in-depth chat with screenwriter Ian Shorr, writer of Splinter, Infinite, and the upcoming Keanu Reeves movie Shiver. With surely more one-word film titles to come.  Complete with tips for emerging screenwriters—and a few reminders of what not to do …  Follow us on: X [https://x.com/howthearts] And Pipeline Artists on: X [https://x.com/pipelineartists] | IG [https://instagram.com/pipelineartists] | FB [https://facebook.com/pipelineartists]

S5 Ep2 – The Art of Being a Book Doula: A Conversation with Author Rea Frey

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2547858/fan_mail/new] Supporting new authors, the state of publishing, brain surgery from boxing ... This one has it all, because Rea Frey [https://www.reafrey.com/] seemingly does it all. Follow us on: X [https://x.com/howthearts] And Pipeline Artists on: X [https://x.com/pipelineartists] | IG [https://instagram.com/pipelineartists] | FB [https://facebook.com/pipelineartists]

S5 Ep1 - The Art of Untitled Comedy: A Conversation with Screenwriters Jamie Napoli and Joshua Paul Johnson

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2547858/fan_mail/new] Writers Jamie Napoli and Joshua Paul Johnson on the new film Untitled Home Invasion Romance [https://www.paramountmovies.com/movies/untitled-home-invasion-romance], now streaming wherever streamings is sold. The script was a Script Pipeline [https://scriptpipeline.com] Screenwriting winner and marks the directorial debut of Jason Biggs. A mere 9-year odyssey in getting a film made, but sometimes all you need is a big director (or a Biggs director*) to move things along.  *this will be the first and final pun of the new season Follow us on: X [https://x.com/howthearts] And Pipeline Artists on: X [https://x.com/pipelineartists] | IG [https://instagram.com/pipelineartists] | FB [https://facebook.com/pipelineartists]

S4 Ep9 - The Art of Being a Prosecutor Turned Author (but Also Still a Prosecutor): A Conversation with Author Alex Kenna

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2547858/fan_mail/new] Wildfires, “clown perverts,” the meth epidemic, and the monetary necessities of becoming an author… A shockingly expansive convo with author Alex Kenna. Learn more about her novels, What Meets the Eye [https://www.amazon.com/What-Meets-Eye-Alex-Kenna/dp/1639101845] and Burn This Night [https://www.amazon.com/Burn-this-Night-Alex-Kenna-ebook/dp/B0CPXSKXQ9?ref_=ast_author_dp&th=1&psc=1]. Follow us on: X [https://x.com/howthearts] And Pipeline Artists on: X [https://x.com/pipelineartists] | IG [https://instagram.com/pipelineartists] | FB [https://facebook.com/pipelineartists]

S4 Ep8 - The Art of Writing Anything You Want (But Well): A Conversation with Adam Plantinga

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2547858/fan_mail/new] Once you get past the football references, a no-nonsense talk with author Adam Plantinga (The Ascent [https://www.amazon.com/Ascent-Adam-Plantinga/dp/1538739879], Hard Town [https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Town-Kurt-Argento-Book-ebook/dp/B0DCGBB93L]), who breaks down his POV on un-meat-heading your writing, characters as “angry monks,” and navigating the elusive, often-mysterious Taco Bell wifi.  Follow us on: X [https://x.com/howthearts] And Pipeline Artists on: X [https://x.com/pipelineartists] | IG [https://instagram.com/pipelineartists] | FB [https://facebook.com/pipelineartists]