You’ve written a great screenplay. Maybe it’s won awards or placed well in contests. You believe it is ready for “prime time.” Or maybe you’ve completed an outline but are wondering if your story is on the right track. How do you pitch it to find out?
In this 2 1/2 hour workshop on Saturday, October 10th, you’ll learn the do’s and don’ts from entertainment veteran, Marilyn Atlas.
Time: 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Location: 66 Winthrop Street in Cambridge, MA. Deadline for sign-up is Tuesday, October 6th.
What students will learn:
- What to include and not include in your pitch
- Adapting your pitch to the audience you’re pitching to
- Mistakes that writers make when pitching
- Understanding the market and projects worthy of pitching
- Importance of the hook
- Refining your pitch.
Know the difference between a log-line, an elevator pitch, and a 10-15 minute pitch. Learn the importance of your pitch depending on who you’re pitching to, and discover how to use effective buzz words.
Marilyn will work with brave volunteers to tighten and reveal the compelling narrative thrust of your story…assuming there is one!
About Marilyn:
An award-winning producer and personal manager of actors and writers, Marilyn R. Atlas is equally at home in the worlds of film, television, and live theater. Among her credits as film producer are Real Women Have Curves for HBO, A Certain Desire, starring Sam Waterston, and Echoes, which won the Gold Award at the Texas International Film Festival. In addition to producing a variety of programming for the cable/pay TV market, Marilyn also served as a production consultant on the film Call Me.
Her clients have appeared in shows such as Star Trek, Fringe, Pretty Little Liars, 90210, Revenge, Hart of Dixie, NCIS:LA, True Blood, Dexter, Chuck, Castle, and Criminal Minds. In addition, her clients have worked on feature films such as Holes, Transformers, and Ted 2.
Recently, Marilyn has been developing a miniseries and TV pilot based on the Gary Phillips series of novels featuring Martha Chainey. Her Lifetime movie The Choking Game, based on the YA book by Diana Lopez, aired in summer 2014 and she also spoke at the 2014 International Women’s Writer Festival in Italy.
Marilyn is the co-author of a screenwriting guide called Dating Your Character, an organic approach to character creation, slated for the Stairway Press’s early 2016 catalog. She is also featured in the book Write Now! from Penguin/Tarcher.
Enrollment for this workshop and pitch session is limited to 20, so be sure to sign up early for your member discount! Non-members are welcome and can sign up here.
$45.00 for non-members and $40.00 for members of Harvard Square Script Writers or Women in Film and Video of New England.
Sponsored in collaboration with Women in Film and Video/New England.
