Sonia Dubois's Lounge Discussions

Hey Bill, loving it. Thank you for sharing your wonderful squishy brain, bro, because that is one hell of a rejection letter haha!

I get all sorts of tidbits and here is a morsel for you -- I wish it were extraterrestrial we had to worry about and not extradimensional. If that does not 'help' the anti-psychotics, I don't know what will. :)

Adam Brandt I'm glad you liked it. I built it myself.

You could go with misanthropic instead of asshole and get the same efect

L. Tom Deaver it's not even my fave. That would be one that called my short story a waste of 4,000 words. I sold it anyway and it went on to become an Amazon best seller. I rarely care about insults in rejection letters. I figure that tells me more about them than anything useful,.

Here we go.

An ill-mannered chef cooks up a plan to reunite with his estranged family by saving the dysfunctional food truck park.

Wish I could! I've approached several agents but most of them only represent people that have been referred to them. I've been told that getting a manager is easier and then they can get you an agent when necessary.

Agents only want to work with you if you have a substantial deal already on the table. Small deals you can do on your own or use an entertainment lawyer. They don't do development.

Managers do development, but they can't can't act as agents. They can attach themselves to projects as producer (agents can't). Managers only take on a few clients because of the development work takes a lot of time with notes and meetings and going through scripts to get them solid enough for the market.

To get a manager or an agent, you typically need a referral from someone that knows your work and the manager or agent trusts.

Have you thought about entering Stage 32's screenwriting contests, William Smith (www.stage32.com/scriptservices/contests)?

One of the prizes is your professional biography will be sent to an exclusive roster of over 30 agents and managers who have a First Look deal with Stage 32 and are actively looking for new clients and material.

And if you reach the Finals in a Stage 32 screenwriting contest, you'll be in a Stage 32 Lookbook, which includes your script title, logline, and bio mailed to over 500 industry executives including, managers, agents, producers, development executives, and financiers.

You could also search IMDbPro for agents (https://help.imdb.com/article/issues/G3WQAT2KD3ZPYHUS/?rf=bing_brand_us_...).

Chris Mess is such a great title!

Congrats!

Congratulations!!

Congratulations, D A Stenard !

Well done. :)

That all sounds amazing, Marc Baron! I'm happy for you! I hope to hear more about this. Congratulations on everything!

Good luck on your project!

Hey J.J. Allen , I want to second what Sonia said above. Take what resonates with you and ignore the rest. There will always be different opinions on style and even content. I believe that once you have a pitch that's scoring high marks and getting great feedback (other than minor differences of opinion) then your pitch is in good shape! Time to narrow focus. Think about targeting specific executives and companies. Look at getting your pitch to people who you believe will connect with it. Work on the Pitch Deck to have the whole package.

Hi Niki,

I understand your need to come to the defense of an exec on this stage and I have already addressed the issue with Lisa from Stage 32 who has already reached out. In my mind the matter is closed. At this point there is nothing to be gained by further contact with Robinson who assuredly will just dig in and try and justify herself. Nothing to be gained there. Stage 32 prides itself as a open forum to exchange ideas and viewpoints. That is what I have done. I have purchased many pitch reviews from a variety of execs on Stage 32. As Sonia stated in her post, some are helpful, some not so much. In the case of Marcy Robinson, I did not get the impression, based on, again, much prior feedback, that she put much effort into her response. Her comments were an 'outlier', and, yes, everyone gets 'outlier' comments from time to time.There could be many reasons for this. Either she just didn't get the concept, didn't like the concept, or didn't like the fact that I was the one writing it - this references my 'prejudice' comment.(despite my background which I mentioned in the pitch) Maybe she just had a bad day. Who knows. EVERYONE on Stage 32 should feel that they can voice their opinion freely.

There was no 'accusation' as you have described it Niki. There was, based on prior feedback received from other execs that have I have received feedback from, my observation that Robinson did not appear to have read or considered my pitch very carefully. Again, this was my observation and opinion and I was expressing it on this forum just as you have expressed yours. I should also note that I did, indeed, first reach out to Stage32 and resolved the matter with Lisa, who was very helpful. It was only when I posted here that you decided to 'swoop in' and get involved. Whether you realize this or not (and I think you do) this very well might cause other members to think twice about being direct and honest about matters relating to Stage 32, i.e, feedback, etc. And, as I have also previously said, most of said feedback has been helpful and informative. Unfortunately, this was not the case with Robinson. We should not feel that if we do, indeed, post candid concerns on this site that the Stage32 'PC' police will jump in and rap us on the knuckles with a yardstick, so to speak.

I have deleted my comments and will refrain from getting involved in the future. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

You are welcome.

You got this Sonia Dubois

hey I’m a former Montrealer!! Good luck I hope you hear back soon!

Welcome to Stage 32 Sonia!

Welcome and you are in the right place and on the right path.

Welcome to Stage32! Good luck! I am from Ontario!