My first experience pitching with Stage 32 was wonderful! I've been aware of the company for a couple of years, keeping up with their postings and opportunities. I've been waiting until I had my script ready before signing up for one of their pitch sessions. I finished polishing my script this winter and was just waiting for the right production company's Studio 32/Happy Writers pitch session to open up. Anyway, there was a pitch session this morning with Panay films, which has connection to the Wedding Crashers. I was so happy to see this as my script is about weddings. I signed up as soon as I saw the listing and started practicing my pitch. I was a little anixious about how it would work, but Joey called to confirm all the digital connections were good and made it a smooth, streamlined process. He is a pleasure to work with. When my pitch time came, the gentleman I pitched to, Jared Iacino, was friendly and supportive. I was happy enough just to have the amazing opportunity to get access to pitch to this company. However, Joey contacted me a couple of hours later to congratulate me and let me know they had requested my script!!! Thanks so much to everyone at Stage 32/Happy Writers!
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Congratulations, Pete, fantastic first experience!
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Congrats!!
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That's great, Pete! Congrats!
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Thanks for the support!
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Boomer I'm glad I waited, the countless revisions and rewrites got tiring but so glad as I didn't blow an opportunity since this is one of the top companies I had on my list to target. While I was working on it I did keep researching and listing potential companies and reading Joey's emails for when they might come avialable. I think it's one of those things you don't want to start before it's ready but also at some point have to just go for it.. I got the script polished, proof read by professional services, repolished, and polished again. I was ready to start marketing in February and thus I was SO EXCITED to see one of my top companies targets was available to pitch to in Joey's e-mail. Seemed too good to be true and then to have it requested is a phenomenal feeling! Of course no guarantee the company will take it furhter but none the less feels great to have things moving out the gate so well.
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That's wonderful. Congratulations.
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HUGE CONGRATS... loved the part that you waited until you were happy with it before sending it out.
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It takes courage to do what you did. Congrats!
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Way to go!! So very happy for you. Here's to many more opportunities to continue for you after this great beginning!
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Way to go! It is the old saying. When preparedness and opportunity meet, you have success. Good luck! Keep us posted.
Appreciate the kind words of support and encouragement. Likewise, hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend of writing, pitching, or planning!
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Well I pitched again and to an agency this time but got a pass. However, the feedback I got was still instrumental in helping me know how to better focus my pitch, which is another great asset of these Stage 32 pitches! Anyway, I wanted to share incase it can help anyone else preparing to pitch. You always hear of course to make your story distinuishably unique while still sounding familiar to what has been proven to be marketable. Anyway, it was late Sunday night here on the East coast when I pitched, and I felt like I rushed into it at the end of a long weekend. Being tired, I opted to go with a more canned but safe pitch that focused more of the traditional marks of the genre. The great thing about the feedback I got was it pointed out that they passed because my pitch was just that, too traditional and old hat in plot emphasis, This passed on pitch felt way different than my successful one when I got a request. The successful pitch, I was way less rehearsed on emphasizing traditional plot points, but much more energetic/fresh on discussing the uniqueness of the story. In any event, I just wanted to share those words with anyone preparing you to pitch to maybe help you remember not to stick to tightly to a rehearsed pitch playing it safe with traditional plot points, but it seems, it is indeed better to always put most your energy into keeping it fresh and original. Just my two cents reminder, hope it can help someone else.
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Well done, Pete! I notice improvements in my results after I get feedback and revise, too, which is encouraging :-)
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While working on my pitch revision, I've found this pitching advice blog from Stage 32 to be of extreme value. Even if you've read it before, it's a great guide to polish up your pitches. https://www.stage32.com/blog/5-Most-Common-Mistakes-In-Pitching
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Congrats, Pete! And thanks for sharing that pitching advice blog. One of our most popular.
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Thank you for the excellent blog!
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You are so very welcome, Pete!