I spent most of last week prepping for two separate pitches.I had one on Wednesday for an open writing assignment on the feature side. On Thursday, I did a practice pitch with the studio and the producers for the series we're taking out to buyers starting Monday afternoon.After memorizing, rehearsing, and actually doing the pitches I was mentally and creatively drained. By the time I sat down to write this newsletter there was nothing left in the tank.Part of that is because I’ve talked a lot here about my process for putting together and doing these pitches. I didn’t really do anything new over the course of the week, except for briefly trying out a program called Virtual Teleprompter Pro that you can use to put a transparent overlay of your notes onto a Zoom window. I tried it, it might be great in an emergency situation, but I’d still rather know the entire thing backwards and forwards so that I can be prepared for any questions or curve balls that might come my way. I fell back on my regular system.Once my brain had a little time to rest I was able to write down a few things that have been on my mind this week. As always, this is not a "how-to" but more of a "how I'm currently" doing what I do. I'm always in search of a new idea or creative angle. I hope the ten minutes or so you spend reading this shakes loose something new for you too.I also wanted to say that I'm a little behind on answering the very nice messages from last week because of said brain drain. I will respond soon.Thanks, I hope you're having a great weekend!