Having one of my screenplays repped by a manager, I am now in the fortunate position of taking a series of first meetings with executives at various production companies based on the strength of my writing (though they did pass on the actual screenplay).
My questions to anyone who is familiar with taking such meetings: What can I expect to occur at a meeting? How should I prepare beforehand? What etiquette should I follow to win them over, in the hopes of getting some writing assignments from them?
One thing I do expect is to pitch a few of my other ideas. I have several loglines, some with more fleshed out storylines than others. Will an exec want me to relate the entire narrative, beginning to end, or can I get away with selling him/her on just vaguely describing the basic points of the concept? (Sometimes all I really have is the concept/logline.)
Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks.
My questions to anyone who is familiar with taking such meetings: What can I expect to occur at a meeting? How should I prepare beforehand? What etiquette should I follow to win them over, in the hopes of getting some writing assignments from them?
One thing I do expect is to pitch a few of my other ideas. I have several loglines, some with more fleshed out storylines than others. Will an exec want me to relate the entire narrative, beginning to end, or can I get away with selling him/her on just vaguely describing the basic points of the concept? (Sometimes all I really have is the concept/logline.)
Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks.
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