Screenwriter Sean Paul Murphy is on the Creatively Christian podcast, interviewed by Brannon Hollingsworth. In this episode, Sean discusses the current best ways to query agents and producers with your scripts, including the pros and cons of contests and how to find the contact information for the right people. Sean also talks about writing faith-based scripts, how to decide what jobs to take, and writing in different genres. Lastly, he discusses his approach to telling meaningful stories.
Sean Paul Murphy is an author and award-winning screenwriter. He has written fourteen feature films including Hidden Secrets, Sarah’s Choice, The Encounter, and the Revelation Road trilogy. He is a 2012 winner of the Kairos Prize for Screenwriting. A series of short true-crime films he wrote for the FBI won a combined six Emmys on the Pentagon Channel. He is the author of a memoir The Promise, or the Pros and Cons of Talking with God, and a novel Chapel Street, which was inspired by a haunting his family experienced. Both books were traditionally published by TouchPoint Press. A streaming series based on his Revelation Road films is currently being shot by Sony in South Africa. He also works for Discovery and periodically teaches screenwriting at Towson University.
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Show Notes
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