SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Screenwriter Dan Benamor On Being a Development Executive & His Spec Script Sale
Ashley Scott Meyers talks with screenwriter and former development executive Dan Benamor.
This week I talk with screenwriter and former development executive Dan Benamor. We talk about some of his experiences as a development executive hiring and working with writers and how he made the transition to being a screenwriter.
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You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Dan Benamor on IMDb
- Dan Benamor's Producer’s Notes
- SYS Select Newsletter to producers
- SYS Select Screenwriting Leads
- The SYS screenplay consultant service
- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"
- Free Screenplays: Download Screenplays in PDF format
- How did screenwriters on the podcast break into the business? How To Become A Screenwriter
- Screenwriting Success Stories from using SYS Services
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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.