On Pitching, Part II

Shortly after I wrote my last post on pitching a story, I stumbled upon this great article on Blake Snyder’s Save The Cat blog, called “The Most Common Pitch Meeting Mistake“. Pitch consultant Stephanie Palmer writes that you should not tell the decision-makers in a pitch meeting how they should feel about your story. And I totally agree. Saying something …

On Pitching

From time to time I am giving lectures on pitching a story. I think I can stop that now, because most of the things you need to know are being said in this video. Writer and director Tony Gilroy hears a few loglines and gives his opinion on the storylines. Footnote: Please let us not forget that making a movie …

Weekend Videos

From today until Monday I will be gone. It is my last trip to Salzburg and St.Pölten where I am teaching script development this term. But it will not get boring here, I promise, because here are links to some very interesting videos about tv series. First there is a one hour video where showrunners and writers from the most …