NICK’S BLOG

Hey Fellow Screenwriters,

Well Production Live has finally posted their interview of me at the Filmmaker’s Shindig! I’m really excited about seeing my face on YouTube (and the PL Beta site as well) pitching my Boston-based romantic comedy, “Opportunity Knockout.”

You can view it here:

This was a great experience and is indicative of how you have to be ready to pitch your screenplay anytime and anywhere. I had no idea that they were doing these interviews at the networking event; however, once I knew what was going on I HAD TO GET IN ON IT. My reasoning is simply: if I can’t do it here, then how can I do it out in Hollywood?

So my advice to fledgling writers is know your material and be ready to pitch it because you never know when that golden opportunity will arise and somebody might say, “Great, send it to me.”

And that’s how it’s done!

Cheers,

Nick

So I recently went to The Filmmaker’s Shindig on Saturday night.

This was a great local film and television industry event. I met over a dozen people who seemed really interested in hearing about my rom-com and my views on movie making. In fact, I got interviewed by Production Live and actually pitched my script. I said that I was looking for a “Boston-based producer who wants to take on a Boston-based romantic comedy.”

Once it’s posted to the PL website I’ll link to it from this blog so you can see me in all my “campy” glory!

As far as networking events in general (and I’ve been to a lot of them) this was one of the best. People here made it very easy to approach and talk to. In fact, there was this one fine lady, Sara Ting (President of Word Unity, Inc.), who kept introducing me to all kinds of awesome professionals and inspired me to pitch my script during the interview!

Perhaps it is simply the nature of the industry, or maybe the inclement weather made everyone cozy-up to one another; whatever it was, people were very friendly and the exchange of ideas and contact info was very forthcoming.

The Shindigs and events like these such as the ones put on by the Rhode Island Film Collaborative are a necessary part of the screenwriters world because once you finish writing that killer screenplay, you have to get it in front of as many eyes as possible. Ultimately, you want to consider attending even larger events such as The Great American PitchFest.

Whatever you do as part of promoting yourself and your writing make sure you have a business card and a good “elevator” pitch ready to go — that includes a great logline for your screenplay. And most of all, be open and enthusiastic to meeting new people because one of them may turn out to be the contact that gets you in front of a producer who may take you on as a writer.

Go Get ‘Em!

Nick