SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep 525 – Writing an Action Movie Starring Chuck Norris with Derek Ting
Derek Ting is a Writer/Director of several Acton movies including Agent Recon (2024) starring Chuck Norris and Marc Singer. He talks about writing action descriptions in scripts and how they cast Chuck Norris in the movie.
In this episode Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Director Derek Ting.
Our guest Derek Ting is a Writer/Director of several Acton movies including Agent Recon (2024) starring Chuck Norris and Marc Singer.
Topics include writing action descriptions in scripts and how they cast Chuck Norris in the movie.
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:
- Derek Ting on IMDb
- Derek Ting on Facebook
- Derek Ting on Instagram
- Agent Recon Trailer
- Agent Recon on IMDb
- Agent Recon on Facebook
- Agent Recon on Instagram
- Agent Recon website
- The SYS script analysis service
- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"

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.