Symposium by Pipeline Artists
A year-round conference in the arts.Symposium features seminars and panels on screenwriting, filmmaking, publishing, and beyond, plus Town Hall discussions that expose the hard truths of The Arts. RealTalk™ and honest advice. Rip off the veneer and join the conversation ...
- Update frequency
- every 26 days
- Average duration
- 87 minutes
- Episodes
- 31
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
One-on-One: Historical Fiction and NY Times Best Selling Author L.M. Elliott
In Symposium's One-on-One Town Hall series, Pipeline executives sit down for in-depth and personal conversations with our friends in publishing, screenwriting, and filmmaking.
For our next session, Je…
Hard Truths: What to Expect When You're Expecting (to Become a TV Writer)
Just for the emerging TV writers ... a panel peeling back the curtain of a writer's room. What you should expect, how to prepare, and tips on breaking in and staying in. Part Q&A, and, of course, par…
TikTok (and Other Social Media) for Creatives
Whether you’re an author with a book to promote, or a writer seeking exposure as you navigate your journey, you may regard TikTok as a looming Gen Z storm cloud you can’t out-run.
Luckily, it isn’t as…
One-on-One: "The Book Whisperer" Lane Shefter Bishop Talks Book-to-Screen Process
For our inaugural one-on-one session, Jeanne Veillette Bowerman dives into a candid discussion with multi-award-winning producer/director Lane Shefter Bishop, who CNN dubbed "The Book Whisperer." Lan…
One-on-One Comics Conversation with Bryce McLellan
Pipeline Executive Spike Scarberry chats with writer Bryce McLellan on how he went from Pipeline Pitch Contest winner, to developing a pilot with us, to creating the graphic novel Verge with Red5.
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Hard Truths: What Producers Actually Want
In this panel discussion, producers Beth Bruckner O'Brien and Sandra Leviton will give a behind-the-curtain perspective on what it takes to find, acquire, steam-roll, and eventually produce a great p…
One-on-One: Animation Convo with Joshua Pruett
A candid conversation on TV & film animation between two professionals who come from that imaginative world. Pipeline Exec Roni Brown will host a one-on-one discussion with Emmy Award Winner, Joshua …
Hard Truths: The First 5 Pages
A Symposium Town Hall bringing us back to a fundamental of storytelling: hook the reader. Our Pipeline staff dig into the significance of those often-troubling first 5 pages—really the first impressi…
Town Hall - Debate Series: "Structure vs. Voice"
In this debut Town Hall debate, our Pipeline staff pulls back the curtains and lets the creative community in on our daily conversations surrounding the industry.
Our opening topic focuses on one of …
Hard Truths: "Filmmaking"
It's time for a filmmaking reality check ...
Our panelists share the hard truths about filmmaking at this free Symposium Town Hall.
Whether an indie production or within the studio system, bringing a s…
One-on-One NaNoWriMo's Grant Faulkner
For those who need help finding a writing routine or are deadline-driven writers, this one is for you. Jeanne Veillette Bowerman sits down with Grant Faulkner, writer and Executive Director of Nation…