SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: 432 – Adapting a Novel into a Screenplay
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Keoni Waxman, Writer/Director of the Mystery/Thriller movie, ‘The Ravine’ (2021). Keoni Waxman adapted that screenplay from a book written by Robert Pascuzzi and Kelly Pascuzzi. He talks about the process of adapting that novel and how the authors were present on set for the movie adaptation.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Keoni Waxman. He is the Writer/Director of the Mystery/Thriller movie, The Ravine (2021). Keoni Waxman adapted that screenplay from a book written by Robert Pascuzzi and Kelly Pascuzzi. He talks about the process of adapting that novel and how the authors were present on set for the movie adaptation.
Keoni Waxman's other credits include being the Writer/Director of Alpha Code (2020) starring Denise Richards.
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You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Keoni Waxman on IMDb
- Keoni Waxman on Instagram
- The Ravine Trailer
- The Ravine on IMDb
- 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.
