Hilliard Guess' Screenwriters Rant Room

Hilliard and Chris are joined by Bianca Sams, TV writer and co-chair of the WGAW Committee of Black Writers to discuss “Black Bodies on Screen” with a look at the popular Think Tank Inclusion and Equity Factsheet that went out to the industry: research-driven one-pagers to help guide writers rooms, writers, and all content creators toward better representation in their stories! You can find the Inclusion and Equity Factsheet HERE: https://www.writeinclusion.org/factsheets?mc_cid=0a365949e7&mc_eid=f4fe056be4 This episode is brought to you by The Finish Line Script Competition! They are here to help writers succeed - visit https://finishlinescriptcomp.com for more information! If you want to check out Finish Line Script Competition’s other competition: The Tirota/Finish Line SOCIAL IMPACT competition. The year 2 competition celebrates film and television scripts that seek to raise awareness and inspire change regarding urgent issues with critical relevance across our society now, such as racial, gende

In this episode, Hilliard & Chris talk with Literary Manager/Producer Rachel Miller about her viral Twitter Thread that came out a few weeks ago listing some do's-and-don'ts that herself and showrunner uncovered while staffing their new Streamer thriller series which is a month into the writers' room!  This episode is brought to you by The Finish Line Script Competition! They are here to help writers succeed - visit https://finishlinescriptcomp.com for more information! If you want to check out Finish Line Script Competition’s other competition: The Tirota/Finish Line SOCIAL IMPACT competition. The year 2 competition celebrates film and television scripts that seek to raise awareness and inspire change regarding urgent issues with critical relevance across our society now, such as racial, gender or economic inequality; climate change; drug addiction; the broken foster care system; gun violence and more. Link: https://finishlinescriptcomp.com/tirota-finish-line-social-impact-script-competit

In this super fun episode, Hilliard, Chris & Lisa sat down over Skype with four amazing Emerging Writers on the come up: Keena Ferguson, Amadou Diallo, Danielle Nicki and Larry Solidarity. We literally drop two hours of nothing but industry game y'all! This episode is brought to you by The Finish Line Script Competition! They are here to help writers succeed - visit https://finishlinescriptcomp.com for more information! If you want to check out Finish Line Script Competition’s other competition: The Tirota/Finish Line SOCIAL IMPACT competition. The year 2 competition celebrates film and television scripts that seek to raise awareness and inspire change regarding urgent issues with critical relevance across our society now, such as racial, gender or economic inequality; climate change; drug addiction; the broken foster care system; gun violence and more. Link: https://finishlinescriptcomp.com/tirota-finish-line-social-impact-script-competition/ Check out the ScreenWriterRR website at www.screen

In this episode, Hilliard & Lisa sit down with MATT DY to discuss his amazing career. Matt previously worked at Austin Film Festival (AFF) since 2008 where he rose the ranks to Director of Script Competitions and facilitated the evaluation of thousands of annual script submissions. In 2019, Matt joined LIT ENTERTAINMENT GROUP as a literary manager - utilizing his skills at AFF to service his strong list of top TV/Film writers. This episode is brought to you by The Finish Line Script Competition! They are here to help writers succeed - visit https://finishlinescriptcomp.com for more information! If you want to check out Finish Line Script Competition’s other competition: The Tirota/Finish Line SOCIAL IMPACT competition. The year 2 competition celebrates film and television scripts that seek to raise awareness and inspire change regarding urgent issues with critical relevance across our society now, such as racial, gender or economic inequality; climate change; drug addiction; the broken foster care

In this ep, Hilliard, Chris & Lisa chop it up with writer/dir/prod Geno Brooks and his partner, actor/writer/prod Myles Grier, in an amazing discussion about their journeys in the industry from indie work to network TV. We also go deep into their company, The Artistic Standard, a boutique media studio with a mission that specializes in developing, producing, and distributing disruptive, culturally impactful content while supporting emerging filmmakers with bold voices! Contact: Assistant@TheArtisticStandard.com This episode is brought to you by The Finish Line Script Competition! They are here to help writers succeed - visit https://finishlinescriptcomp.com for more information! If you want to check out Finish Line Script Competition’s other competition: The Tirota/Finish Line SOCIAL IMPACT competition. The year 2 competition celebrates film and television scripts that seek to raise awareness and inspire change regarding urgent issues with critical relevance across our society now, such as

Hilliard & Lisa chop it up with writer/actor/producer Jessie B. Evans and comedy writer Richard Scott of the popular HOLLYWOOD HERE on Twitter/IG/FB - a group that provides creatives with tools, knowledge & connections to become game changers regardless of their location! Hollywood uses the hashtag: #RaiseThePercentage This episode is brought to you by The Finish Line Script Competition! They are here to help writers succeed - visit https://finishlinescriptcomp.com for more information! If you want to check out Finish Line Script Competition’s other competition: The Tirota/Finish Line SOCIAL IMPACT competition. The year 2 competition celebrates film and television scripts that seek to raise awareness and inspire change regarding urgent issues with critical relevance across our society now, such as racial, gender or economic inequality; climate change; drug addiction; the broken foster care system; gun violence and more. Link: https://finishlinescriptcomp.com/tirota-finish-line-social-impact

In this episode Hilliard and Lisa have an absolute blast talking with KEMP POWERS, co-writer/dir of Pixars SOUL and also the writer/EP of the new hit film ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI directed by the great Regina King! This episode is brought to you by The Finish Line Script Competition! They are here to help writers succeed - visit https://finishlinescriptcomp.com for more information! Get the Rant Room T-shirt HERE!!! Check out the Screen Writers Rant Room website HERE! Support the show via the Patreon link. Remember support is love! We invest countless hours per week to deliver the actionable content that goes into this podcast. Connect with Us on Social Media: Amber Brown on Twitter Chris Derrick on Twitter Lisa Bolekaja on Twitter Hilliard Guess on Twitter Kemp Powers on Twitter The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook The Screenwriters Rant Room on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/s

Hilliard, Lisa & Chris chopped it up with comedy writer Akilah Green. Akilah currently writes for Black Monday on Showtime and has a pilot in development at ABC. She has previously written for a number of shows including both seasons of HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show, which has received three Emmy nominations, NBC's Perfect Harmony, and specials like The 72nd Primetime Emmys hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, Yearly Departed on Amazon, and NBC's A Legendary Christmas with John and Chrissy! This episode is brought to you by The Finish Line Script Competition! They are here to help writers succeed - visit https://finishlinescriptcomp.com for more information! Get the Rant Room T-shirt HERE!!! Check out the Screen Writers Rant Room website HERE! Support the show via the Patreon link. Remember support is love! We invest countless hours per week to deliver the actionable content that goes into this podcast. Connect with Us on Social Media: Amber Brown on Twitter Chris Derrick on Twitter Lisa Bolekaja 

Hilliard, Lisa, Chris and Emerging Writer Amber Brown talk about their upcoming goals/plans for 2021 that will help give writers a fresh start or new way of progressing into the New Year... and so much more! This episode is brought to you by The Finish Line Script Competition! They are here to help writers succeed - visit https://finishlinescriptcomp.com for more information! Get the Rant Room T-shirt HERE!!! Check out the Screen Writers Rant Room website HERE! Support the show via the Patreon link. Remember support is love! We invest countless hours per week to deliver the actionable content that goes into this podcast. Connect with Us on Social Media: Amber Brown on Twitter Chris Derrick on Twitter Lisa Bolekaja on Twitter Hilliard Guess on Twitter The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook The Screenwriters Rant Room on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/su

Hilliard, Lisa and Chris chat it up with Stepane Dunn, the 2020 Finish Line/Tirota Social Impact Screenwriting Competition and Jenny Frankfurt, former Lit-manager and owner of Finish Line Script Competition (also our new sponsor)! The conversation was jam packed full of game including, historical projects, writing while living in Atlanta, Morehouse College and so much more! This episode is brought to you by The Finish Line Script Competition! They are here to help writers succeed - visit https://finishlinescriptcomp.com for more information! Stephane Dunn on Twitter Chris Derrick on Twitter Lisa Bolekaja on Twitter Hilliard Guess on Twitter The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook The Screenwriters Rant Room on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

In this episode, Hilliard, Lisa & Chris are joined by writer/prods Geoffrey Thorne and Lynelle White in a deep conversation about the state of Covid-19 and of course, we rant about writing Television and much more! Chris Derrick on Twitter Lisa Bolekaja on Twitter Hilliard Guess on Twitter Lynelle White on Twitter Geoffrey Thorne on Twitter The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook The Screenwriters Rant Room on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

Chris is solo for another Bottle episode to talk about Oscar season, the differences between television and cinema writing, how things translate from the page to the screen, and drops tons of fascinating insights! Get the Rant Room T-shirt HERE!!! Check out the Screen Writers Rant Room website HERE! Support the show via the Patreon link. Remember support is love! We invest countless hours per week to deliver the actionable content that goes into this podcast. Connect with Us on Social Media Chris Derrick on Twitter Lisa Bolekaja on Twitter Hilliard Guess on Twitter John Zaozirny on Twitter The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook The Screenwriters Rant Room on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

Hilliard and Chris have an amazing industry conversation with John Zaozirny, head of the popular Bellevue Literary Management! We talk shop about the current climate during Covid-19, writing assignments, Query Letters, The BlackList and so much more! Tune in to this Don't Miss episode y'all! Get the Rant Room T-shirt HERE!!! Check out the Screen Writers Rant Room website HERE! Support the show via the Patreon link. Remember support is love! We invest countless hours per week to deliver the actionable content that goes into this podcast. Connect with Us on Social Media Chris Derrick on Twitter Lisa Bolekaja on Twitter Hilliard Guess on Twitter John Zaozirny on Twitter The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook The Screenwriters Rant Room on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

In this episode, Hilliard, Lisa & Chris talk GENRE Writer Lauren Signorino - who recent worked on the Showtime limited series, THE GOOD LORD BIRD, starring Ethan Hawke... Previously on FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, where she was twice-nominated for both an Emmy Award and a Writers Guild Award, for her work on the critically-acclaimed short-form series FTWD: Flight 462 and FTWD: Passage, the latter for which she won the Writers Guild Award! Get the Rant Room T-shirt HERE!!! Check out the Screen Writers Rant Room website HERE! Support the show via the Patreon link. Remember support is love! We invest countless hours per week to deliver the actionable content that goes into this podcast. Connect with Us on Social Media Chris Derrick on Twitter Lisa Bolekaja on Twitter Hilliard Guess on Twitter Lauren Signorino on Twitter The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook The Screenwriters Rant Room on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message

Special guest host Lynelle White does a deep dive into the first 4 episodes of The Mandalorian! Check back soon for Part 2, and follow her on Twitter @LynelleWhite! Get the Rant Room T-shirt HERE!!! Check out the Screen Writers Rant Room website HERE! Support the show via the Patreon link. Remember support is love! We invest countless hours per week to deliver the actionable content that goes into this podcast. Connect with Us on Social Media Chris Derrick on Twitter Lisa Bolekaja on Twitter Hilliard Guess on Twitter The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook The Screenwriters Rant Room on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

Hilliard & Lisa have an amazing conversation with Kase Peña, JC Zepeda and Shomari Kirkwood, 3 Trans and Non-Binary POC Writers, to talk about do's and don't's when writing screenplays with these character and storylines; as well, we talk about each of their journeys and how they all survive the ups and downs of the entertainment business, while living in a Cisgender world! Get the Rant Room T-shirt HERE!!! Check out the Screen Writers Rant Room website HERE! Support the show via the Patreon link. Remember support is love! We invest countless hours per week to deliver the actionable content that goes into this podcast. Connect with Us on Social Media Chris Derrick on Twitter Lisa Bolekaja on Twitter Hilliard Guess on Twitter The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook The Screenwriters Rant Room on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

Hilliard & Lisa have a virtual sit-down with Amber Brown, Italome Ohikhuare, Krys K and Regina Hoyles - a group of talented TV/Film writers and hyphenates that are out here doing big thangs y'all! This episode is brought to you by http://www.avgearguy.com/. Mention the Screen Writers' Rant Room for 5% off your next order. Get the Rant Room T-shirt HERE!!! Check out the Screen Writers Rant Room website HERE! Support the show via the Patreon link. Remember support is love! We invest countless hours per week to deliver the actionable content that goes into this podcast. Connect with Us on Social Media Chris Derrick on Twitter Lisa Bolekaja on Twitter Hilliard Guess on Twitter The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook The Screenwriters Rant Room on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support

Hilliard, Lisa and Chris chop it up with Richard Scott, Saeed Crumpler and Jamil Akim O'Quinn - three, black male Emerging Writers to talk about their career struggles, successes in this two hour, game changing episode of Q&A's and how-to tips of the trade for writers in TV/Film!  This episode is brought to you by http://www.avgearguy.com/. Mention the Screen Writers' Rant Room for 5% off your next order. Get the Rant Room T-shirt HERE!!! We keep flogging the 2020 San Diego Comic-Con panel, the 2-hour live recording of the Rant Room! How does it come to pass? Support the show via the Patreon link. Remember support is love! We invest countless hours per week to deliver the actionable content that goes into this podcast. Connect with Us on Social Media Saeed Crumpler on Twitter Jamil Akim O'Quinn on Twitter Richard Scott on Twitter Chris Derrick on Twitter Lisa Bolekaja on Twitter Hilliard Guess on Twitter The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook The Screenwrite

Hilliard & Chris talk about Chris' long road/journey: the rewrites, showrunner & Exec meetings, closed doors and the ups and downs that finally led him to his new Staff Job on huge series we will announce at a later date. You don't wanna miss all of the game dropped in this episode 'cuz it just might help you get that much closer to sitting at the table in you first, major TV writers' room! This episode is brought to you by http://www.avgearguy.com/. Mention the Screen Writers' Rant Room for 5% off your next order. Get the Rant Room T-shirt HERE!!! We keep flogging the 2020 San Diego Comic-Con panel, the 2-hour live recording of the Rant Room! How does it come to pass? Support the show via the Patreon link. Remember support is love! We invest countless hours per week to deliver the actionable content that goes into this podcast. Connect with Us on Social Media Chris Derrick on Twitter Lisa Bolekaja on Twitter Hilliard Guess on Twitter The Screenwriters Rant Room o

Chris is back with another  bottle episode to talk about everything on his mind! This episode is brought to you by http://www.avgearguy.com/. Mention the Screen Writers' Rant Room for 5% off your next order. Get the Rant Room T-shirt HERE!!! We keep flogging the 2020 San Diego Comic-Con panel, the 2-hour live recording of the Rant Room! How does it come to pass? Support the show via the Patreon link. Remember support is love! We invest countless hours per week to deliver the actionable content that goes into this podcast. Connect with Us on Social Media Chris Derrick on Twitter   Lisa Bolekaja on Twitter  Hilliard Guess on Twitter   The Screenwriters Rant Room on Facebook   The Screenwriters Rant Room on Twitter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/screenwriters-rant-room/support