Octavio Solis is among the most celebrated playwrights discussing the Latin American experience, but he wasn't always a writer. Octavio began his artistic journey as an actor-turned-writing-teacher. But when his students started succeeding, he felt an emerging feeling; a need to take his own advice and get to the page.
Since then, Solis has written dozens of celebrated plays, in addition to culturally consulting on Pixar's COCO, which we discuss today.
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154 | How To Prioritize Multiple Projects As A Writer (ft. Ted Hope)
153 | Is My Script Ready To Send To Producers? (ft. Ted Hope)
152 | The Movies That Made Us Writers
151 | Rethinking Screenplay Structure w/ The Nutshell Technique (ft. Jill Chamberlain)
150 | How To Say Yes To Yourself as a Writer (ft. Showrunners Kat Likkel and John Hoberg)
149 | Moving On and the Wisdom of Stephen Sondheim
148 | Jodie Foster on Building Truthful Characters
147 | Elemental Co-Writer Brenda Hsueh On Balancing Comedy and Drama In Our Writing
146 | Screenwriting/Storytelling Archetypes: Using and Subverting Them (ft. Jessica Bendinger)
145 | Our Biggest Lessons From Being On Set (Pt. 2)
144 | Where To Begin As A Screenwriter (Pt. 3)
143 | Where To Begin As A Screenwriter (Pt. 2)
142 | Where To Begin As A Screenwriter
141 | Television Writing Foundations w/ Javier Grillo-Marxauch
140 | Writing/Producing Audio Dramas (And Avoiding Gatekeepers) w/ Susan Busa Leshner
139 | Body Awareness: A New Way To Think About Our Writing (ft. Karyn Kusama)
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138 | Your WGA Strike Questions Answered By Negotiating Committee Members Michele Mulroney and David A. Goodman
137 | Stranger Things Writer/Producer Curtis Gwinn on Navigating The Writers Room
136 | Charlie Day (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia) On Satire In Our Writing
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