SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Writer Mark Leidner Talks About Living Outside Hollywood And Getting His Latest Sci-Fi / Thriller Produced
Atlanta-based screenwriter Mark Leidner discusses his career living far from Hollywood and how he’s been able to get some of his scripts produced, like his new film, Empathy, Inc., a grounded sci-fi thriller.
On this episode of the podcast I talk with Atlanta-based screenwriter Mark Leidner about his career living far from Hollywood and how he's been able to get some of his scripts produced, like his new film, Empathy, Inc., a grounded sci-fi thriller.
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You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Mark Leidner on IMDb
- Empathy, Inc. Trailer
- Empathy, Inc. on IMDb
- SYS Select - Includes the SYS Select Screenplay Database, our monthly newsletter to producers, and paid screenwriting leads.
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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.