SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: 434 – On the Writer’s Struggle To Get Read
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with writer DeAndra Stone on the writer’s struggle to get read. She shares how she got over those hurdles as a screenwriter by submitting to writing contests including the SYS Six Figure Screenplay Contest.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with writer DeAndra Stone.
The main topic is on the writer's struggle to get read. DeAndra Stone talks about how she got over those hurdles as a screenwriter by submitting to writing contests including the SYS Six Figure Screenplay Contest.
Other topics include how her screenplay Relative State was a writing sample that led to her being hired to write a screenplay.
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:
- DeAndra Stone on IMDb
- Enter in The Six Figure Film and Screenplay Film Festival here.
- SYS Select - Includes the SYS Select Screenplay Database, our monthly newsletter to producers, and paid screenwriting leads.
- 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.