Pitch Tank Practice Sessions: Overcoming Pitching Fears Together

Today's blog post comes from the Pitch Tank Practice Session Co-Hosts and Screenwriters John Mezes and Brooklynn Fields. --------------------------------------------------------------- For many writers, the written word comes much easier than the spoken one. It could be nerves and that speaking about your work places you in a position of vulnerability... What will they think of my script? Will they understand what I'm trying to convey with it? Can they share my vision for my script? Or a writer may feel doubt about their ability to talk about their script. Is my voice clear and inviting enough? Can I show enough excitement and passion so that an executive will believe in my script through my pitch? All valid thoughts and concerns. We writers have all been through these moments in our writing careers, including myself, a sold writer of the feature script "Garden of Eden," which entered production in December, returning to the craft from a twenty-seven-year hiatus. Learning how to pitch your script to an executive is essential to its possible future success. It's a must! Pitching your script gives you an opportunity to be discovered, requested, and perhaps optioned and sold! Written or Verbal, there's no getting around it. Luckily, Stage 32 offers writers a golden opportunity to practice pitching your scripts to an ever-growing group of fellow writers who attend the Pitch Tank Practice Session every Thursday at 5:30 pm PST, 8:30pm EST in the [Stage 32 Writers' Room](. Inside the session, writers can listen to other members pitch their unique and original scripts to the hosts of the session, Brooklynn Fields and myself, John Mezes, and learn from these pitches by identifying the strengths of each pitch as well as areas of improvement needed, and eventually pitching their own script. Supportive, constructive, and honest notes on a pitch are given by the hosts in order to develop and grow the pitch until it is an industry-level, strong, confident pitch that's ready for any executive to hear. Also, in the Pitch Tank Practice, you're working with members who are actively pulling for one another to succeed, a feeling shared by its hosts, Brooklynn Fields and I, John Mezes. You can see this supportive community at work every day. Here is some of the feedback on these sessions from our regular attendees... [Continue Reading >>]( [Stage 32 logo]( Copyright ©2023 Stage 32, All rights reserved. 2711 N. Sepulveda Blvd. #427 Manhattan Beach, CA, 90266 Want to change how you receive these emails? [Update your preferences](. [Facebook icon]( [Twitter icon]( [Instagram icon]( [YouTube icon]( [Pinterest icon](