Screenwriting : Pitching Revised Screenplays? by Patrick Koepke

I've heard of members pitching to the same execs, Patrick Koepke.

Awesome, thank you Maurice Vaughan . The first pitches were written, maybe I'll go the video route this time. I'm hoping to join the Writers Room soon so I can practice.

You're welcome, Patrick Koepke. Great! The Pitch Practice in the Writers’ Room is the best pitching resource in my opinion. Pitch Practice is every Thursday night at 5:30 P.M. PST/8:30 P.M. EST. You can sit in and listen to members practice their projects and give them feedback. You can pitch your project too, but you have to sign up. The hosts, Noel Thompson and John Mezes, take names during Pitch Practice for people to pitch the following week. You have to sit in and listen at the practice one or two times before you can pitch.

The Pitch Tank in the Writers’ Room is an incredible pitching resource too. The Pitch Tank is where you pitch your script to an executive and get feedback. The Pitch Tank is once a month.

You can sign up for your first month of the Writers' Room free here: www.stage32.com/writers-room/plans-vip

I’ve pitched to an executive twice for the same project. I noted in the pitch that I revised using some of the comments the executive made on my first pitch. The material was requested based on my taking his notes into consideration. It was ultimately a pass but always worth a try. I would say just let them know you revised the project and if you did use any of their comments let them know that as well. Revising based on notes is a big part of the process, and I’m sure they like seeing that ability in a writer.

Good luck!

Great callout Marcus Leighton , I'll definitely do that. And thank you Maurice for the additional info on WR. Thank you both!

Patrick Koepke Did you have to pay to pitch to them? I'm fairly new to this site, but I do get their emails about pitching. It feels a little weird to have to pay for a pitch, but it's also an amazing opportunity, so I understand spending the money.

You're welcome, Patrick Koepke.

Hi, Sofia Servizio. The main purpose of the Pitch Sessions is to get feedback to improve your pitch, but sometimes the executives, managers, etc. request scripts, sign writers, etc. (www.stage32.com/scriptservices/success-stories).

Sofia Servizio What Maurice said. The best way to think about Pitch sessions is that this is a way to learn the ropes of pitching while still in the safety of a learning environment. Each time you pitch, you're pitching a real exec, usually a manager, agent, or producer/dev. director, and like he said, the primary goal is feedback. But they can still request your script and even sign you or open up a more formal relationship. I've pitched 9 times so far across 5 of the projects on my slate, and have 4 requests (where they want to read the script you just pitched them) and 5 passes (which means they aren't interested). However, all nine pitches provided outstanding feedback that helped me uplevel my pitch, my screenplay, and sometimes even my concept. So it's well worth it. Also I've been impressed with how well Stage 32 curates the execs we can pitch to.

Patrick Koepke Sold!

If you’re in contact with them you can send them a polite note saying what areas you’ve been working on to improve the script and ask if they’d be interested in taking another look. If they really liked the idea and you’ve worked on elements they said needed attention they may want to take another look. But since they already passed don’t push for an answer.

I appreciate the guidance, Ewan Dunbar.