SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Screenwriter James V. Hart on Mapping The Emotional Journey Of Your Main Characters
Screenwriter James V. Hart talks about working with some of the top directors in the industry like Spielberg and Coppola and how that lead him to creating The Hart Chart, a story mapping tool for screenwriters to help them map their characters emotional journey.
Screenwriter James V. Hart talks about working with some of the top directors in the industry like Spielberg and Coppola and how that lead him to creating The Hart Chart, a story mapping tool for screenwriters to help them map their characters emotional journey.
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Links mentioned in the show:
- James V. Hart on IMDb
- James V. Hart on Twitter
- The Hart Chart on Twitter
- The Hart Chart on Facebook
- The Hart Chart website
- Screencraft.org and James V. Hart Master Class (coupon codes: SC0916 / for students: STUDENT)
- SYS Select Newsletter to producers
- SYS Select Screenwriting Leads
- The SYS script analysis 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.