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+650 - 800 word pitches
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+have scenes in mind
+ or at least the possibility of scenes
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+keep pitches tight with simple narrative
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+what's the conceptual scoop? What's the thinky bit? You want to have some element of depth, some other layer to get to.
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+is it a WIRED story? what makes it a wired story? Or whatever your publisher is
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+how do you fake a scene? set up a fake scene. start close to a detail and pull out, why is what you're watching important. You're dollying past it.
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+You may have to go back and say, hey, what happened that day? Who said that? how did you feel? That must have been really weird?