SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Screenwriter Erik Bork Discusses His New Screenwriting Book, The Idea, and the Importance of Starting with a Marketable Idea
Ashley Scott Meyers talks with screenwriter and producer Erik Bork (Band of Brothers) about his new screenwriting book: The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction. We dig into a number of the lessons that he teaches in the book, including the crucial aspect that basic idea plays in the ultimate success of the project.
This week I talk with screenwriter and producer Erik Bork (Band of Brothers) about his new screenwriting book: The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction. We dig into a number of the lessons that he teaches in the book, including the crucial aspect that basic idea plays in the ultimate success of the project.
You can listen to the audio portion of the podcast by clicking here or through iTunes by clicking here.
You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Erik Bork on IMDb
- Erik Bork on Twitter
- Erik Bork website
- The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction (Buy at Amazon)
- SYS Select - Includes the SYS Select Screenplay Database, our monthly newsletter to producers, and paid 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.
