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Category Archives: pitching

Web Series Pitch Competition

Just for Laughs Comedy Conference announced a pitch competition for comedy web series. I’ve read the guidelines which are sort of on the confusing side. Even the title of the thing is confusing:
“PITCH ‘TIL YOUR SIDES SPLIT” JUST FOR LAUGHS COMEDY CONFERENCE PITCH PROGRAM and the COMEDY BOOTCAMP FOR FILM
This is how […]

Mastering the Pitch

written by Mike McPhaden, currently at Just Comedy in Montreal.

Pitching is a funny thing.
 
It’s obviously an important skill for writers. Whether you’re trying to sell your series idea to a broadcaster, a freelance episode idea to a showrunner, or a kick-awesome solution to that faulty B-plot to your cohorts in the writing room, […]

Murderati on Series Pitching in L.A.

Murderati has a fun two-part post about the pitching process in LA.
Included is a checklist of things required before you can even get the meeting:
Item 1 – You must have a place of residence in Southern California. You may be able to swing a NY residence, but if you are truly starting out, it’s SoCal […]