Prof. Juan G. Noblejas

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-- you may find that you never seem to raccount scenes or
whole sections.
-- you may discover that you need to know more about your
story’s world.
-- When you tell someone a story, character motivations and
their absence become more obvious.
A good producer or executive will often ask hard questions
that you may not have thougth about.
~~ The worst waste of time for a screenwriter is writing a
screenplay no one wants.
~~ There’s an old expression wich goes, “If everyone tells
you you’re drunk, you’re drunk”.
THE SHORT PITCH
~~ A short pitch clocks in at no more than ten minutes.
~~ Producers and executives take pitches because they
want to know what your story is and anything you can do to
help them follow the narrative is a good thing.
Tell them what genre it’s in, and perhaps identify a couple of
other (suscessful) films that it might resemble.
~~ Then go into a brief, visual description of your exciting
hero, antagonist and central conflict. [It’s OK to refer to
major stars whom you think might be perfect for the role].
~~ Then outline the general course of the story, stopping to
highlight two or three more of your most exciting scenes
with a brief, visual description.