The Selling Your Screenplay Podcast

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Author Steve Kaplan. As an expert in Comedy, Steve Kaplan is the Author of The Hidden Tools of Comedy, a guide book on Comedy writing. They talk about why we laugh at things and what approach to Comedy Kaplan says is most effective. During this study of Comedy, […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmakers MJ Palo and Andrew Arguello. Their movie credits include Directing the Crime Comedy Carp-e Diem and the heist Thriller Baby Money (2021) which MJ Palo is one of the writers of. Topics also include how they are judges for the Reno Tahoe Screenplay Contest and how writers […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Actor/Writer/Director Kent Moran. Topics include how he cast Actress Cybill Shepherd in the Romance Drama Listen To Your Heart (2010) and about The Actors Summit, a networking event Kent Moran is part of. Kent Moran is the Writer/Director and star of of The Challenger (2015), a Drama about […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Author and fellow Podcaster Pilar Alessandra. Besides being the host of the On The Page Podcast, Pilar Alessandra served as a Script Reader for Amblin Entertainment, which is Steven Spielberg’s company and she was a Senior Story Analyst for Dreamworks. She has some tips for any writer looking […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Michael Matteo Rossi. Our guest is the Writer/Director of features such as The Handler (2021), Chase (2019) and Misogynist (2013). Michael Matteo Rossi talks about how he made an Action movie in the middle of the Covid-19 Pandemic, and on a budget. Topics also include how filmmakers can […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Roslyn Muir. Roslyn Muir is the writer of features such as The Birdwatcher and Anatomy of Deception, she also wrote a book about writing TV Movies called Writing A TV Movie. Topics include writing screenplays with a nine act structure for The Hallmark Channel, Lifetime or Netflix and […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with the Filmmaking duo Stephanie Lynn and Alexandra Case. They are the writers and actors known for the Comedy Feature Soulmates (2021). Topics also include how they started by writing/producing short films and how they pitched Soulmates to producers. The podcast is available in iTunes, YouTube, Stitcher (for Android […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with returning guest Jared Cohn. Jared Cohn is the Director and one of the Writers of Deadlock (2021), an Action movie starring Bruce Willis. They talk about writing a story based on a contained location and how a well known actor such as Bruce Willis became part of the […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Filmmaker Trevor Hawkins. Topics include how Trevor Hawkins is the Writer/Director/Editor of Lotawana (2021), one of the first movies to have sales based on NFT’s. They talk about using this new marketplace as a way to sell/promote the work of Filmmakers and other artist. Trevor Hawkins also talks […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with returning guest Mark Stolaroff and Adam Mervis. They talk about how they let nothing stop them from making their contained Drama The Last Days Of Capitalism (2020) in a Las Vegas suite with 40K and only 10 days. This should be an inspiring case study for filmmakers as […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Christian Nilsson. He is the Writer/Director of the Thriller Dashcam (2021) and Unsubscribe (2020) featuring famous Youtube stars like Eric Tabach, Michelle Khare, Zach Kornfeld and Tyler Brash. Christian Nilsson talks about his job as a video journalist for The Atlantic and how they made Unsubscribe the […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Author/Screenwriter Jamie Nash. He is the author of the guide book, Save The Cat Writes For TV and has written the movies Exists (2014) and Altered (2006) for Eduardo Sanchez, the filmmaker of The Blair Witch Project (1999). Jamie Nash also talks about writing family content for Nickelodeon. […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Spencer King. He is the Detroit based Writer/Director of the movies Black Petunia (2016) and the Thriller Time Now (2021) starring Claudia Black. They talk about Time Now and his development process. The podcast is available in iTunes, YouTube, Stitcher (for Android users), the Windows Marketplace, and […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Filmmaker Ryan Silva. He is the writer/director of the low budget indie comedy, Let Me Be Frank (2021). That movie is based on the true story of Ryan moving to Los Angeles with his girlfriend to pursue their entertainment careers, which leads to an unlikely friendship between him […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Randy Van Dyke. He is the Writer/Director of the contained horror movie Like Dogs (2021). They talk about the movie and how Randy Van Dyke went from being a used car salesman to an Indie Filmmaker. The podcast is available in iTunes, YouTube, Stitcher (for Android users), […]

This week we’re chillin’ with Hillin, Producer Daemon Hillin that is. Daemon Hillin talks about his new movie Apache Junction (2021), a western which stars Scout Taylor-Compton, Trace Adkins, Thomas Jane and Stuart Townsend. Topics also include how to find your niche within the industry. For Daemon, that meant producing movies in Thailand, such as […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Matt Patterson, a Writer/Director/Producer. Topics include how he found the script of Apartment 413 through the Inktip website, then produced and directed that movie. That indie Thriller stars Brea Grant (Dexter, Heroes – TV Series), a former guest of the Selling Your Screenplay Podcast. The podcast is available […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer/Content Creator Logan Burdick. They talk about the new Rom-Com he wrote, It Takes Three (2021). That movie stars Mikey Madison and Jared Gilman. Logan Burdick also talks about how he became a digital content creator for Maker Studios which was bought by Disney. The podcast is available […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Writer and Producer Joel Soisson. Our guest Joel Soisson has produced well known movies such as Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Dracula 2000, Feast (2005) and Piranha 3DD (2012). Topics include the new movie he wrote, My Best Worst Adventure (2021) and if a writer should always get […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Filmmaker Janek Ambros. They talk about the long journey it took for him to write and direct Mondo Hollywoodland (2019). Janek is also the Writer/Director of Money, Fascism and Some Sort of Acid. He talks about how he used stock footage from famous historical figures such as Edward […]

In this, very special 400th episode of The Selling Your Screenplay Podcast Ashley Scott Meyers and Richard Finney analyze storytelling techniques. Some of the popular movies and television shows they study as examples include Back To The Future, The Shawshank Redemption, Alien, Pulp Fiction, Dexter and Breaking Bad. A main connection they talk about with […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Iranian Filmmaker Ramin Niami. He is the Writer/Director of the Horror/Thriller Eye Without A Face (2021). They talk about that movie and what it is like starting as a filmmaker in a country like Iran. The podcast is available in iTunes, YouTube, Stitcher (for Android users), the Windows […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with filmmaker Brendan Steere. He is the Writer/Director of The VelociPastor (2018), a wild Action Comedy which started out as a short film that went viral. Brendan Steere also talks about making Animosity (2013) right out of Film School and why he’s looking forward to re-releasing this movie. The […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with fellow podcaster Geoffrey D. Calhoun. He is the author of the book, The Guide For Every Screenwriter and has writing credits on movies such as S.O.S. and Sirens Of Chrome. Geoffrey D. Calhoun talks about these writing credits and how Dyslexia is a super power for writers. He […]

This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with A-list Screenwriter Eric Pearson. They talk about his latest movie, Black Widow (2021) starring Scarlett Johansson. His other major studio writing credits include Godzilla Vs. Kong (2021) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017). Eric Pearson also talks about how he got his start writing for Marvel. The podcast is available […]