Screenwriting : Screenwriting, Networking, Learning by Josiah Bhola Hillaire

You could maybe record yourself and play it back. You can see how your pacing is and if you need to go slower or faster in some parts. It'll give you a chance to see if part of it feels long too and crisp it up. You can see if your delivery is too flat and needs to sound more passionate (or less passionate if it's too lively). It's weird to hear myself, but sometimes this helps me.

Practice in the mirror, with family and friends. Know your story in and out to fight off those pesky nerves. Good luck.

Read outloud at first. Record yourself. Review everything you said. Practice, practice, practice until you have everything right.

Write your pitch out in script format. It'll help you keep centered and help you make sure you've gotten all the information you'll need.

There's a really great resource on here called the Writers Room, where you practice your pitch to 2 pros, Brooklynn and John. Check out the writer's room.

If you look up some guides on pitching (some are available on here I believe) and write down the key points you'd like to hit during your pitch. Then practice it, time it, practice again and ask to practice in front of someone for feedback. This way you can go into your pitch knowing what you want to say and how you'd like to say it.

I could use some help myself. I have ideas for film, TV, and business ideas for companies like Disney. I have spec scripts but I could use some help in making them into scripts. Is there any help you could offer?

Thank you all so much.

Audrey-Rose Savard I record myself, but I stutter. I stuttered when I was a kid due to trauma, but I stutter sometimes due to nerves and fear.

Josiah Bhola Hillaire Little bit harder to correct stuttering, but I found a thing that helped to clear my mind and avoid me backtracking (kinda an aside to stuttering) was to know what I want to say. Then say it out loud a few times, but don't repeat word for word. Let it flow, so long as you're on the right track, you'll feel more comfortable if you ever lose your spot in the memorized stuff. Eliminate as many fears as you can so all you have left is the people in front of you and then you have to somehow think "it's okay if this doesn't go well". That's super hard, but I found the more I did that, the less nerves I had each time.

Thank you so much Audrey-Rose Savard