Welcome to issue #19! Report from the field: I started a new round of pitches this week, all over zoom still. I haven't asked anyone yet because I don't want to derail my pitch before it even starts but I have to imagine all of these people are zoom fatigued AF. This is the 4th round of pitching I've done but they must have heard 250 by this point. I'm keeping it very short, 15-18 minutes max, and leaving as much as I can for the Q&A part afterward to make it feel as much like a discussion as possible. At this point I don't rehearse nearly as much because I have all of my notes handy on HUGE BULLET POINTS IN ALL CAPS AND BOLD surrounding me. The creators of HACKS were on the latest Writer's Panel podcast and two out of three of them just read their pitch. Obviously worked for them! Do what works for you and don't be afraid to change it up.Oh, hey -- I also finished that new feature spec, so yay me!
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Welcome to issue #19! Report from the field: I started a new round of pitches this week, all over zoom still. I haven't asked anyone yet because I don't want to derail my pitch before it even starts but I have to imagine all of these people are zoom fatigued AF. This is the 4th round of pitching I've done but they must have heard 250 by this point. I'm keeping it very short, 15-18 minutes max, and leaving as much as I can for the Q&A part afterward to make it feel as much like a discussion as possible. At this point I don't rehearse nearly as much because I have all of my notes handy on HUGE BULLET POINTS IN ALL CAPS AND BOLD surrounding me. The creators of HACKS were on the latest Writer's Panel podcast and two out of three of them just read their pitch. Obviously worked for them! Do what works for you and don't be afraid to change it up.Oh, hey -- I also finished that new feature spec, so yay me!