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You should always take a journal with you to every pitch meeting
True. Record the date, name of the company and what projects you pitched to them as well as their reactions.
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With enough practice, you should be able to pitch any story of yours in one sentence
True.
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If you sell a spec script, proceeds go into your Writers Guild Health and Pension fund
False. Only contracted sales, not spec sales, go into both funds.
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Writers who pitch well are able to sell projects the first time they pitch to a company even if they’ve never pitched to them before
That’s false. It’s rare to sell anything the first time you pitch to a company.
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Get the names of assistants and secretaries of companies you’re pitching to
True. Be polite and friendly to them so they’ll put you through to their boss.
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When you contact people you want to be in business with, be persistent but not annoying
True.
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Every company has an agenda that a writer coming in to pitch isn’t aware of
True. There are certain types of projects they are staying away from but you won’t know what they are.
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There is more theft of material in the film business rather than in TV
False. The opposite is true.
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Before any pitch meeting, call and find out exactly what kind of material they’re currently looking for
True.
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Being a successful screenwriter is more about how good a writer you are rather than anything else
False. Your talent is important but so are your connections to the people who can get projects sold and produced.