SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Screenwriter Steve Deering on Recently Optioned Screenplay
Ashley Scott Meyers talks with screenwriter and script consultant, Steve Deering about his recently optioned screenplay. Steve also offers up some great tips to help screenwriters avoid some of the most common problems he sees as a consultant.
This week I talk with screenwriter and script consultant, Steve Deering about his recently optioned screenplay. Steve also offers up some great tips to help screenwriters avoid some of the most common problems he sees as a consultant.
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:
- Steve Deering on IMDb
- Steve's YouTube Channel - Gargoyle Media
- LA Screenwriter.com Blog
- Write / LA Screenplay Competition
- 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.