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That feeling you get when someone you’ve never met before gets excited about your TV show idea is hard to explain…but damn it feels good.

Just received that Stage32 “Congratulations” email and these beautiful words…

Overall, "**** ****** *****" has the potential to capture a broad audience by blending...

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A few weeks ago I decided to pitch my new TV show idea to a producer here on Stage32 Pitch Sessions that was looking for the very idea I’d been carrying around with me for a few years…

A few days later another producer showed up also looking for what I was offering, so I pitched to them to…thinking t...

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A few weeks ago I decided to pitch my new TV show idea to a producer here on Stage32 Pitch Sessions that was looking for the very idea I’d been carrying around with me for a few years…

A few days later another producer showed up also looking for what I was offering, so I pitched to them to…thinking that the more lines I have in the water the better the odds of a bite.

The first pitch was due on 2 June, the 2nd on 8 June.

I then headed off to do my job…travelling the world trying to make complete strangers laugh on cruise ships all over the world.

The 2nd of June came and went and then the 8th arrived. Two days later I got an email from Stage32 Happy Writers to say my “pitch review” was ready. Let’s just say it wasn’t all that complimentary…holes were poked into every part of it. The producer who received it on the 8th June passed on it pretty quickly, their NOPE, quite emphatic. That horrid feeling of rejection smacks hard.

So yesterday was my final day on the ship I was currently on, I was all packed and in bed and dozing off, ready to head home, the rejection from a week ago already forgotten. My phone buzzed and I couldn’t resist and it was an email from Stage32…the magical words “CONGRATULATIONS!” jumping out at me. I immediately opened it and there it was, the producer of the pitch for 2nd June loved my pitch and wants to meet and more material. I was now wide awake and dived in to read the review. It was the complete opposite of what the producer who passed on my pitch had said. Every word of it. There was actual genuine excitement from them about my idea.

This whole pitching thing is a mystery. A “crap shoot”. I’ve reread both reviews about 20 times each now and I’d swear they were for completely different show ideas. They weren’t.

Is there any “advice” out there for anyone reading this based on this experience? I guess all it can be is “keep pitching”…you will really never know!

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Mariana Carvalho

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2 months ago

congratulations

Chase Cysco

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Suzanne Bronson

Mark Palmer

Maurice Vaughan

2 months ago

OOOO yea thats a really good message Mark !! (:

Susan Kelejian

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Mark Palmer

Maurice Vaughan

2 months ago

yes yes yes! This is celebration. Good for you!

Sarah Jane Mc Carthy

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Suzanne Bronson

Maurice Vaughan

2 months ago

Yes, congratulations Mark Palmer great news!

Suzanne Bronson

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Maurice Vaughan

2 months ago

Congrats

Deborah Jennings

It is all so subjective - BUT it had to be frustrating to hear they would ask for the script and then pass. Maybe they were looking for a certain genre and passed? But the comment about age was ridicu...

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Maria Brogna

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- Maurice Vaughan
2 months ago

I'll just count my wins & be grateful for that. And hope others reach their goals too.

Michael Elliott

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- Maria Brogna
2 months ago

That's the ticket Maria. Ignore the noise.

Brandy Camille

I would like to nip something in the bud here. I think there's a HUGE misconception on this post about what a "pass" means on a pitch or coverage. It doesn't mean your work is not good. It doesn't mea...

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2 months ago

Being in business as a writer for over 25 years I understand the difference between professionalism & rude, unprofessional behavior. And what I experienced during that pitch & after was unbelievably r...