Malek Haneen's Lounge Discussions

Online Pitches

Have any of you done a stage 32 pitch? How did you do it? Shoud I just talk casual about the logline and 3 acts? OR give a full story breakdown?

Online pitches seem to be different than person to person

C Harris Lynn

I've done a couple, and I did the entire breakdown. The folks were nice, and it was fun. :)

Michael Atkinson

I mostly do the written style. I can better articulate my pitch on paper. Your best bet is to make sure you have character breakdowns ready and the the sleekest version of your pitch (conflict, climax, main characters, solving the problem).

Beth Fox Heisinger

Hi Malek. Perhaps this may help. Here's the pitch template/tips pdf made available by Happy Writers: https://www.stage32.com/sites/stage32.com/files/cake/screenplays/586c11e....

Some other practical t...

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C Harris Lynn

For Skype pitches (which are the only ones I've done, so far), I brokedown my screenplay beat by beat - as in, outlined, or scene summary - in a text file I kept on my computer desktop, then I practic...

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Happy Writers

Hey guys! I am new to stage 32. Wondering if anyone has had any success with pitching on the happy writers section? It seems all the skype spots are sold out. Is this a legit way to go about pitching? My partner and I have been working on a pitch for our tv series all week and now very sad that all...

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Jacklyn A. Lo

just return back in a while, you will get more pros and their skype time

Amanda Toney

Hi Malek - we're really proud of the success that our Happy Writers services have provided. Here's some of our success stories: https://www.stage32.com/happy-writers/success-stories , a recent project...

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Erik Grossman

Hi Malek! Yes it is indeed legit, you are put face-to-face with the executives, and executives aren't one to let a good idea or good writer slip by. Make sure you review our pitching template before h...

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