Michael Storey Jr.'s Lounge Discussions

Michael Storey Jr.
Actor, Singer, Poet, Writer, Martial Artist

Greetings, I am a native Nashvillian actor, singer, spoken word artist, songwriter, screenwriter, and martial artist/fight choreographer. I have been involved with the performance arts for over 20 years. I have done numerous commercials & plays, about 7 or 8 films (mostly independent), have done fig...

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Nikki April Lee
Pitching your screenplay...

How should one go about pitching their screenplay? How long do you usually take to pitch?

Michael Storey Jr.

Great info guys! I'll keep those suggestions in mind!

Jim Duncan

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 abou...

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Nikki April Lee

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...

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Pamela Jaye Smith

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...

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Theresa Clark

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...

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