Over the last few days there has been a lot of chatter about pitching in the LSF Delegate Network – lot’s of writers have been asking Bob Schultz for pitching tips and I have had a few emails myself too. So I thought I would share my most basic advice about pitching with the community [...]

We have just announced Pitching Thursday at the London Screenwriters’ Festival (http://www.londonscreenwritersfestival.com/pitching-thursday) – and this year joining Charles Harris is Pilar Alessandra flying in from Hollywood. You can see Pilar in action above. Tickets for LSF delegates are £35 and non delegates are £75. We are nearly half sold out so don’t wait to get [...]

Over the last few days I have been training filmmakers from across Europe as part of a Euro initiative called Four Corners – and it’s been a blast! I have learned tons about pitching by listening to the filmmakers and mentoring them. So what where the big takeaways? 1. Get the genre clear Without the [...]

Pitching is something I don’t fully enjoy, but when it goes well, I love it. I have been pitching my movie ‘Rocketboy’ around town this week and I have been using some new simple techniques I heard about from a professional negotiator. Here it is – ‘shut up’. I ask a question, ‘so tell me [...]