tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post8420974218213700117..comments2023-05-04T03:37:04.200-07:00Comments on The Rouge Wave: @ Home Pitch FestJulie Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14690487940378619749noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-11721765412702424792008-08-03T13:32:00.000-07:002008-08-03T13:32:00.000-07:00I am the worst pitch writer in the world, certain...I am the worst pitch writer in the world, certainly in North America anyway. I absolutely suck at it--and I've had 4 movies made in the past 12 years and another 3 or 4 sales (sold one for which I've yet to get paid)...and if I have (okay, I have) a weakness, it's pitching. I'm <I>not</I> an orator, I'm not a talker, and I sure as hell am not a "speaker" (I failed speech class in college 4 times before the instructor took pity on me and suggested I take the class P/F and passed me just to get rid of me). I know my story inside out, upside down, backwards, forwards, sideways...but make me pitch it in five minutes, I'd rather kill myself.<BR/><BR/>Being able to pitch is the toughest five minutes of your life. It's hell. or worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496585120938599514.post-59643141948585073982008-08-03T10:30:00.000-07:002008-08-03T10:30:00.000-07:00Very generous offer, Julie. Up here in the Pacifi...Very generous offer, Julie. Up here in the Pacific Northwest I may have a chance to pitch to a representative from the Donners company, as they visit Seattle for a Northwest Screenwriting Guild event next Friday and Saturday. <BR/><BR/>Last time I pitched to a representative from Village Roadshow I got ripped for dressing up in constume. (All I wanted to do was make an impression) That backfired on me too.<BR/><BR/>I'm not a very good pitcher. Wish I was better at it. Never got a request for a read based on a pitch I deliverd. This especially hurt serveral years back when I pitched to a representative from Lynda Obst's company. <BR/><BR/>Still, (sigh) I'm going to continue to work at my pitching prowess. It's just funny that a high social event is required of people who are TYPICALLY introspective and shy in nature. O well, gold rules. I ain't got the gold, so I'm left to function in a system of those who do. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for putting yourself out there, and being willing to help writers out. You're one of my heros Julie.<BR/><BR/>- E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WAE.C. Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10748007729066148300noreply@blogger.com