How should one go about pitching their screenplay? How long do you usually take to pitch?
Screenwriting : Pitching your screenplay... by Nikki April Lee
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Check out the Good in a Room blog by Stephanie Palmer and Lee Jessup's Website. Tell you all you need to know.
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I'll 2nd what Adam mentioned. Stephanie and Lee are terrific. Both are Stage 32 members. Lee is very active in the community. Also, as we prepare for the Online Pitchfest today, it's worth reminding that Joey at The Happy Writers has been teaching pitching classes for a number of years. http://www.stage32.com/creativefest/pitchfest
Great points, Kathryn. Appreciate the post!
Great info guys! I'll keep those suggestions in mind!
What I always try to remember, Nikki, is that your goal with a pitch is to make the listener desire to read your script, not completely understand all of the story from beginning to end. Its more about hooking them in to want to know more, rather than giving them a play by play. HW is an incredible resource to use for pitching, if you have the money.
Whats funny to me is when they say "tell it as if you were telling it to a friend." Let's be honest, there's a HUGE difference between the two. You don't have to edit and practice the pitch to tell it to your friend. They won't care if you blabber or drag on with details. But it does give me some comfort to know that I don't have to prepare some Oxford version of the story in order to tell it. I can't put my own voice to telling the story and that makes the process much easier to deal with.
Hi, Nikki. For an excellent book on this, check out Kathie Fong Yoneda's SCRIPT-SELLING GAME. Kathie was an executive at Disney and Paramount and is an expert on the 'other side of the table' offering very helpful advice on pitching. She teaches it around the world. http://shop.mwp.com/products/the-script-selling-game-a-hollywood-insider... Or go to Kathiefongyoneda.com Good luck out there at the pitch tables.
Hi Nikki, Here's a great article on pitching by Terry Rossio "The wind up and pitch" http://www.wordplayer.com/columns/wp11.Wind-up.and.Pitch.html