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One time I zoom'd into a pitch meeting with a carefully crafted log-line I thought was solid. It had all the right ingredients: a hooky premise, some irony, clear stakes. I’d tested it on friends, other writers, even punched it up with a comic I love. It was fine. On paper. But in the room? It landed flat. The cringey polite nod. No questions. No ... See more

Hi I'm a TV writer with a lot of pitching experience and I want to share some insights with you. If you’re working on an original pilot and thinking about pitching it one day, here are a few things I’ve learned the HARD WAY from actually being in the room (network rooms, studio rooms, Zoom rooms with six dead-eyed execs and one dude shuffling aroun... See more