Pitching at the Drop of a Pin
This is the scenario. You’re a young writer out to lunch with friends and one of your friends sees a producer they know. They introduce the writer to the producer who asks the writer about his script. The young writer gets all tongue-tied, can’t articulate what his script is about, and misses a golden opportunity to impress a producer. The sad thing is this situation is repeated time and time again, day after day.
Here’s my question… are you prepared to “pitch” your script at the drop of a pin, in any social situation? Writers tend to hone their pitching skills for that elusive moment when they get into “the room” to pitch. But what about all the other times when you meet someone in a non-industry, social environment and get to talking about your script. Are you prepared for that? This is Hollywood and you never know who you’re going to run into.
You’re a writer. You’ve spent months writing and fine-tuning your script with an eye towards selling it. You know you’re going to have to “tell” it to “sell” it. How much time have you spent practicing your every day conversational pitch, the one you use whenever you talk about your script in a social environment.
Have you spent time in front of a mirror (or on a video camera), practicing your conversational pitch, much like an actor rehearses a monologue? Have you rehearsed your conversational pitch with your friends?
Here are a few tips that may be helpful: Just give them the hook. Keep it simple. Not a lot of detail. One or two lines. And remember it’s a conversation!
To Your Success,
Tanya
Here’s my question… are you prepared to “pitch” your script at the drop of a pin, in any social situation? Writers tend to hone their pitching skills for that elusive moment when they get into “the room” to pitch. But what about all the other times when you meet someone in a non-industry, social environment and get to talking about your script. Are you prepared for that? This is Hollywood and you never know who you’re going to run into.
You’re a writer. You’ve spent months writing and fine-tuning your script with an eye towards selling it. You know you’re going to have to “tell” it to “sell” it. How much time have you spent practicing your every day conversational pitch, the one you use whenever you talk about your script in a social environment.
Have you spent time in front of a mirror (or on a video camera), practicing your conversational pitch, much like an actor rehearses a monologue? Have you rehearsed your conversational pitch with your friends?
Here are a few tips that may be helpful: Just give them the hook. Keep it simple. Not a lot of detail. One or two lines. And remember it’s a conversation!
To Your Success,
Tanya
