Introduce Yourself : Hello by Laura Vorreyer

1. Ask yourself if you really need one.

   2. Then consider your expectations and outline them to the prospective manager.

   3. Don’t be desperate.

   4. Don’t sign a contract if possible. Get an ET lawyer if you do and listen to them.

   Best of luck!

Good luck! Oh man I'd love a manager

Hi, Laura.

Advice 1: Make sure you know your story well.

Advice 2: Make sure you know your goals as a screenwriter (so the manager can help you achieve them if he/she takes you on as a client).

Thanks everyone for your good advice. I was advised by a Studio Executive I met with here to get a manager to move my television project forward, so here I am...I will update you with what happens. Thanks again!

I found this brilliant passage, a creative confidence booster when I'm up against it and when I was writing my female driven script ! ' (LAURA) wanted to be a woman who would dive off the prow of a sailboat into the sea, who would fall back in a tangle of sheets, laughing, and who could dance a tango, lazily stroke a leopard with her bare foot, freeze an enemy's blood with her eyes, make promises she couldn't possibly keep, and then shift the world to keep them. She wanted to write memoirs and autograph them at a tiny bookshop in Rome, with a line of admirers snaking down a pink-lit alley. She wanted to make love on a balcony, ruin someone, trade in esoteric knowledge, watch strangers as coolly as a cat. She wanted to be inscrutable, have a drink named after her, a love song written for her, and a handsome adventurer's small airplane, champagne-christened Kizzy, which would vanish one day in a windstorm in Arabia so that she would have to mount a rescue operation involving camels, and wear an indigo veil against the stinging sand, just like the nomads.'

― Laini Taylor, Lips Touch: Three Times (keep us updated on on the pitch)

You're welcome, Laura. Hope the pitch goes well.

Thank you for that passage Thomas. Was certainly inspiring ;)

How did you get a manager meeting by the way? Rooting for you!

Hi Lyndon, I got the manager meeting here thru Stage 32 (I paid for it.)

Hi Laura, nice to meet you! I'm also in the process of pitching a television project with the desire of getting it to move forward. My advice is know your story well - be able to set up your world so whomever you are pitching to will be able to follow. Best of luck!

Thank you so much Mackenzie! Good luck moving your TV project forward.

Thank you! It has not been a very easy journey thus far with my project being Fantasy TV, despite it being based off an IP I own, and has an established audience, but I'm not giving up! Just in the past week alone I have run into two people claiming to be producers whose intentions were solely to prey on me and make money off my work. That just made me realize how marketable this project really is.

Mackenzie, I am sorry you've had these experiences. My series is also based off my IP. Dont give up! "What's for you will not pass you."

Hi everyone, I just had my manager pitch. It was my first time and I only had 8 minutes. Thankfully, my technology worked perfectly so I am grateful for that...I think we've all been there when you have a glitch, it sucks! The first thing I did was introduce myself, thank her for her time and suggest that if she thought it was a good fit we would keep the conversation going at a later date. She did not have many questions and the time went by fast. It was over before it really started but I focused on collaborating and co-creating and was not desperate or pushy. I gave her the broad strokes of my show idea and told her it was based on my IP...I'll keep you posted if anything comes from it.

Have a great weekend!

Glad to hear it went well! When I pitched a manager recently, I had a similar response. I don't have a lot of experience of verbally pitching managers, but I wonder if it's a project based on an IP, that they don't feel they can criticize/collaborate? Keep us posted!

Sounds like the meeting went great, Laura. Thanks for posting an update so others can know how to approach a meeting with a manager.

Also, I started talking too fast at the end & tacked on an unnecessary closing sentence like I was trying to come in under the buzzer on Jeopardy. Oh well!

You'll get better. If you would like someone to practice on, I'd be happy to help. I just finished pitching a producer and the questions she asked made me think I finally nailed my presentation.

Thank you Mackenzie, I will certainly take you up on your generous offer. I'll message you.

Hi Laura! Wishing you all the best in your writing journey. When I was acting or anything, I found using my cellphone to practice my pitch or read my part really helped me nail down my presentation. It's the most INEXPENSIVE way to prepare your pitch. Play it back or upload to your PC and watch it over and over. You will notice your cadence. Where you need to breathe. Where you'll need more practice at a certain part of the pitch. OR Upload it to your Stage32 profile and invite members (many professionals in the industry here) to give you feedback. You'll be a pro in no time!! Cheers!