Hilliard & Lisa sit in with TV writers Tracy Grant and Luther Mace, this week we cover HBO, nailing that first staff job, keeping it and the many pitfalls and obstacles to prepare for! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-164 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @TracyGrant @Luther11 #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing #Diversity #HBO #SurvivorsRemorse...
Jul 24, 2017•1 hr 34 min
Hilliard, Lisa and Tracy have a fun “Chop It Up” episode... covering current hot topics, including the 2017 Emmy Nominations! HIGHTLIGHTS: COMIC CON, Ava DuVurnay, Radical Progress, deadlines, Black Panther and the Emmy Nominations! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-163 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @TracyGrant #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing #Diversity...
Jul 17, 2017•1 hr 5 min
Hilliard, Lisa, Lynelle & Chris go IN on script and films tone shift. How it works and doesn't in film, on the page and so much more! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-162 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @UnauthorizedCBD @LynelleWhite #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing #Diversity...
Jul 10, 2017•1 hr 37 min
Hilliard, Lisa, and guests Chris Derrick and Lynelle White, sit down for an awesome Chop it Up episode. This time going IN on some of the recent hot button films and TV shows! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-161 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @UnauthorizedCBD @LynelleWhite #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing #Diversity...
Jul 03, 2017•58 min
It’s another DON’T MISS EPISODE y’all! Hilliard & Lisa sit down with BLACK GIRL NERDS: Lauren Warren and Joelle Monique for an hour and a half of nothing but industry talk… from a Blerds POV! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-160 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @iamLaurenp @JoelleMonique #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing #Diversity...
Jun 22, 2017•1 hr 25 min
Hilliard and Lynelle talk shop with writer of the war film "The Wall." Learn how he sold his script to Amazon while living in China, landed a top agent and manager and began his career in Hollywood as a busy assignment writer! DIRECT LINK: Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LynelleWhite @DwainaWorrell #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing #Diversity...
Jun 19, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Hilliard, Lynelle and Chris talk everything WONDER WOMAN! You don't wanna miss this episode y'all! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-158 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LynelleWhite @UnauthorizedCBD #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing #Diversity...
Jun 12, 2017•1 hr 16 min
Hilliard, Lisa, and Chris break down why we love bad guys and "the hero's journey" in film! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-157 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @UnauthorizedCBD #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing #Diversity...
Jun 05, 2017•1 hr 3 min
It’s part 2 of this hilarious, don't miss episode... Hilliard and Lisa hang with popular comedian/actor JAY MOHR. We have an absolute blast with him as he talks about comedy, standup, sincerity, the Ah, Ha Moment and we even go IN on some deep level shit... everyone will fall in love with our good friend, JJ! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-156 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @JayMohr37 #Screenwriter...
May 28, 2017•44 min
In part I of this hilarious, don't miss, two-part episode, Hilliard and Lisa hang with popular comedian/actor JAY MOHR. We have an absolute blast with him as he talks about his journey here, comedy, working with Clint Eastwood and Tom Cruise on Jerry Maguire, standup... and we even go IN on some deep level shit... everyone will fall in love with our good friend, Jay! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-155 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @Screenwrit...
May 22, 2017•1 hr 8 min
In this short, fun episode, Hilliard & Lisa chat about a ton of new things going on in the world of Film and TV! HIGHLIGHTS: Where are the Wonder Woman ads, what we've been up to, producing the new pilot Abbeville, Fan Cons, Horror gets a bum rap, why film's important and more! DIRECT LINK: Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing #Diversity...
May 15, 2017•43 min
In this don't miss episode, Hilliard and Lisa have a blast with actors DEWANDA WISE star of "Shots Fired" and "She's Gotta Have It" along with her her husband ALANO WISE star of the hit WGN series "Underground!" HIGHLIGHTS: The series regular audition, working with writers, maintaining a relationship in the industry, going to Sundance as producers and so much more! DIRECT LINK: Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGue...
May 08, 2017•1 hr 33 min
In this episode Hilliard, Lisa and Lynelle tag-team a fun interview with Amani Walker, series creator of REBEL - the new one hour drama on BET - Executive Produced by John Singleton! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-152 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @LynelleWhite @Rebel_Writers #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing #Diversity...
May 01, 2017•1 hr 13 min
Hilliard, Lisa & Lynelle go IN for another, by popular demand, CLAPBACK EPISODE! HIGHLIGHTS: Showtime’s Guerrilla, the new upcoming film Detroit, scientific racism, Wonder Woman’s poor publicity, The Outsiders cancellation, light-skinned vs dark skinned casting and so much more! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-151 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @LynelleWhite #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Scree...
Apr 23, 2017•1 hr 2 min
Hilliard and Chris Derrick (sittin' in for Lisa this week), have a ball with Co-Exec Producers Paul Guyot and Geoffrey Thorne. This time we go IN on their solutions to ending Diversity in Hollywood... A don't miss episode y'all! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-150 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @Fizzhogg @GeoffThorne @UnauthorizedCBD #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing #Diversity...
Apr 17, 2017•1 hr 25 min
Hilliard, Lisa and William Derrick, the other half of the popular Derrick Bros Team, discuss writing Frat Films by using the hit Netflix film The Burning Sands as a guide! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-149 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @William3Derrick #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing...
Apr 10, 2017•1 hr 1 min
Hilliard and Lisa have a blast with Instagram/ YouTube sensations, TYREIK & NATE! This one's full of game y'all. We go IN on how they met, prison life, going Viral, maintaining an audience, developing a series around their show and they even give us a taste of their dope Rap Bars from Tyreik & Nate's new song "Lil' Bitty Bih" that blows the house down! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-148 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes: http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter:@ScreenwritersRR @H...
Apr 02, 2017•52 min
In this kick ass episode, Hilliard tag-teams with WGAW Writers and Friends: Tracy Grant, Natasha "TASH" GRAY, Chandus Jackson and Brandon Easton! We go IN, answering some of your favorite questions about Screenwriting Programs and of course go off on Rants about staffing, meetings and the writers room! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-148 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @TheReelTray @NatashaTashGray @BrandonEaston ...
Mar 27, 2017•1 hr 27 min
It's another hot episode in the Rant Room! Hilliard & Lisa "Chop it Up" with seasoned writer/executive producers: Paul Guyot and Geoffrey Thorne as well as TV drama writer Lynelle White and Chris Derrick from the writer/director team, The Derrick Bros! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-146 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @Fizzhogg @GeoffThorne @UnauthorizedCBD @LynelleWhite #ScreenwritersRantRoom #...
Mar 20, 2017•1 hr 27 min
In this don't miss episode packed full of industry game, Hilliard & Lisa share the Mic with seasoned writer/exec producers: Paul Guyot and Geoffrey Thorne as well as writer/director Chris Derrick and TV drama writer Lynelle White! DIRECT LINK: Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @Fizzhogg @GeoffThorne @UnauthorizedCBD @LynelleWhite #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing...
Mar 13, 2017•1 hr 7 min
In this episode, Hilliard and Lisa go in with pop culture geek Nancy Yuen, author of the new book Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-144 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @Nancywyuen #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing...
Mar 06, 2017•1 hr 41 min
Hilliard Guess is joined by writer/producer Tracy Grant, director Chris Derrick, and author/staff writer of Showtime's "The Chi" Kenji Jasper to talk about film and the industry! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-143 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @TheReelTray @UnauthorizedCBD @Somekindalova #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing...
Feb 27, 2017•1 hr 25 min
Hilliard, Lisa and guests, Chris Derrick from the Derrick Bros writer/dir team and Joelle Monique of Black Girl Nerds, joins us in a hilarious episode that's all about our Oscar predictions and favorite screenplays and films! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-142 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @JoelleMonique #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing...
Feb 20, 2017•1 hr 30 min
Hilliard and Lisa sit down with C FITZ, JEWEL and PAT BRANCH, the team behind the amazing new documentary about the Studio 54 of the West Coast “JEWEL’S CATCH ONE!" DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-141 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @CFitz_ @PattyChocMilk @Jewelscatch1doc #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing...
Feb 13, 2017•1 hr 14 min
Hilliard & Lisa have a blast with tv/film star Mark Valley. We discuss his amazing career as an actor and his future transitioning behind the screen as a writer/director! In this episode, Hilliard & Lisa are joined by actor Mark Valley! Direct Link: bit.ly/SWRR-140 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @yesmarkvalley #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing #MarkValley...
Feb 06, 2017•1 hr 8 min
In this episode, Hilliard & Lisa talk about the obstacles of women in film and getting the attention of Hollywood by thinking out of the box. This time we're with writer/creator Myah Hollis and actress/producer Sarah Hawkins from the new series "OR DIE TRYING!" DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-139 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @_sarah_hawkins @Myahhollis #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producin...
Jan 30, 2017•59 min
This week on The Screen Writer's Rant Room, Hilliard and Lisa are joined by former literary manager and current Script Consultant Jenny Frankfurt to discuss "rewriting" and the 'The Finish Line Script Competition'! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-138 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @FinishLineScrip #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing #FinishLineCompetition...
Jan 23, 2017•1 hr 11 min
In this episode, good friend, Chuck Rose, executive producer and creator of the hit series THE ART OF MORE, comes back for a second time to talk about Season Two and executive producing with the great Viola Davis! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-137 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @ChuckRose4 #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing #SonyCrackleNetwork...
Jan 16, 2017•57 min
In this EXTENDED episode, we answer even more of the most frequently asked screenwriting questions. Hilliard & Lisa sat in with genre writer/TV producer Geoffrey Thorne and from the popular Derrick Bros writer/dir team Christopher Derrick! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-136 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @GeoffThorne @UnauthorizedCBD #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing...
Jan 09, 2017•2 hr
This week Edwin Benton joins Hilliard, Lisa and guest Lauren Warren of the popular Black Girl Nerds - talking with Edwin about making his hit app "Slang 'N Friends" and how he got the endorsement from Rap Superstar Ludacris! Happy New Year! DIRECT LINK: bit.ly/SWRR-135 Subscribe, Comment, Rate & 5 STAR Review on iTunes! http://bit.ly/HG-SRR-EP1 Twitter: @ScreenwritersRR @HilliardGuess @LisaBolekaja @EdwinBenton @SlangnFriendz #ScreenwritersRantRoom #Comedy #Screenwriting #Producing...
Jan 02, 2017•58 min
