The Selling Your Screenplay Podcast: Writer Director Chris Sparling Interview
In this episode of the Selling Your Screenplay Podcast, I interview Chris Sparling, the writer of Buried starring Ryan Reynolds. Buried is a great example of creative story telling utilizing…
In this episode of the Selling Your Screenplay Podcast, I interview Chris Sparling, the writer of Buried starring Ryan Reynolds. Buried is a great example of creative story telling utilizing literally one actor and one location, a man buried in a coffin. Chris tells us exactly how he got his screenwriting career going while living thousands of miles from Hollywood.
You can listen to the audio portion of the podcast by clicking here: Download podcast audio.
You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Chris Sparling on Twitter
- The Buried Screenplay
- Screen Craft
- SYS Script Consultants
- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"
Related Articles and Tools to Help:
- More Selling Your Screenplay Podcast with Ashley Scott Meyers
- Ask the Expert: Can an Out-of-the-Box Indie Succeed? by Chris Sparling
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Ashley Scott Meyers is a screenwriter and blogger / podcaster. Since beginning his career as a screenwriter in the late 1990’s he’s optioned more than two dozen feature screenplays and sold a half dozen. And he’s done it all without an agent or manager, instead opting to use his pragmatic screenplay marketing guide which he teaches at SellingYourScreenplay.com.