Pitching Your Script is high energy passionate sales.

Pitching Your Script is another method of exposure for every screenwriter. Basically, you only have a few minutes to describe your screenplay to someone who may hear fifteen pitches a day. So make yours stand out.

You are the screenwriter. Pitching Your Script should be easy. You know every aspect of the story and all its characters. You know the arch between characters. You know the beginning, middle and end. Now find a way to condense all that information into a few minutes.

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For me, the great thing about Pitching Your Script is you are face to face with someone. Forget about screenwriting fundamentals. You now have an unique opportunity. Not only do you get to pitch your screenplay but you also get to reveal your passion. A passion that if you hit it right, they will also feel.

I attended a two day pitching seminar a few years ago in LA. On the first day, a group of instructors taught screenwriters how to pitch their scripts to producers or screenwriting agents. They had every step carefully outlined. What to say and how to say it. Most of the instructors were very good, but let's not forget this is the movie industry and yes, it is all about money.

Most instructors were there to also sell their services. Everything from selling books, script help to even private pitching instruction. During the first day of classes, screenwriters were allowed to select the companies they wanted to pitch the following day.

As the first day ended most screenwriters, including me, had the deer in the headlights look. In the past, I had made many pitches to investors for production, but I had never made a pitch to sell one of my scripts. So this was different. Especially since each pitch only lasted four minutes.

It was a long night. I had to find a way to condense a hundred plus page script into four minutes. Since I brought more than one screenplay, I also had to decide who hears what pitch. I worked most of the night and then hit it again in the morning. I felt pretty good. Like I said earlier, I was the screenwriter so I should have a pretty good idea of the story. Basically, a pitch is nothing more than a passionate canned sales talk.

The over fifty prospective clients; buyers or screenwriting agents were seated at tables in one large room. The screenwriters were seated in rows of chairs in the same room waiting for their turn.

Once the bell sounded, the director of the pitching seminar started a stop watch. Every screenwriter then had four minutes to find the right table and start their pitch. At the end of four minutes the bell would sound again. You were done. Other screenwriters were right behind you to begin their session.

All in all the session went ok. I had four different companies request two different scripts. I wish I could say I made a sale from the pitch session. I didn't, but boy what an experience! The main reason I haven't done it since is; location, location, location. There just aren't a lot of pitching sessions in St. Louis. Yep, back to money.

If you decide to write and try to sell a script, I suggest you learn how to not only market your script but also yourself. I truly believe Pitching Your Script is a great way for exposure.

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