SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Screenwriter David Paterson on Adapting ‘The Great Gilly Hopkins’ Into A Screenplay
Screenwriter David Paterson talks about how he adapted the novel, ‘The Great Gilly Hopkins,’ into a screenplay and then got it produced.
Screenwriter David Paterson talks about how he adapted the novel, The Great Gilly Hopkins, into a screenplay and then got it produced.
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Links mentioned in the show:
- David Paterson on IMDb
- David Paterson website
- The Great Gilly Hopkins Trailer
- The Great Gilly Hopkins on IMDb
- The SYS screenplay consultant service
- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"
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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.