Comments on: DateNight - The Morning After http://dfmamea.com/blog/2008/02/24/datenight-the-morning-after/ A New Zealand screenwriter. A blank screen. And an internet connection. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:23:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: d f mamea http://dfmamea.com/blog/2008/02/24/datenight-the-morning-after/#comment-4473 d f mamea Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:19:33 +0000 http://dfmamea.com/blog/2008/02/24/datenight-the-morning-after/#comment-4473 thanks Ben. didn't want to spread myself too thinly between the forums and the blog. not forgetting the <i>Pitch Engine</i> article i'm supposed to be writing about the process and experience. before DateNight, i saw the pitching process like i was an over-trained and under-fed car salesman. in the week after, i see it now more like looking for a creative partner - someone who can advance your project because they <i>believe</i> in it, rather than someone who's not interested because they can't on-sell it. thanks Ben.

didn’t want to spread myself too thinly between the forums and the blog. not forgetting the Pitch Engine article i’m supposed to be writing about the process and experience.

before DateNight, i saw the pitching process like i was an over-trained and under-fed car salesman. in the week after, i see it now more like looking for a creative partner - someone who can advance your project because they believe in it, rather than someone who’s not interested because they can’t on-sell it.

]]> By: Ben http://dfmamea.com/blog/2008/02/24/datenight-the-morning-after/#comment-4472 Ben Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:37:22 +0000 http://dfmamea.com/blog/2008/02/24/datenight-the-morning-after/#comment-4472 This post really does belong at the NZWG forum. It's just excellent to get real feedback like this about an event. It is always scary to explain your ideas to someone who actually does have the power to get a crew together and make them... and yet, just like bungy jumping, it's an amazing feeling of achivement afterwards. This post really does belong at the NZWG forum. It’s just excellent to get real feedback like this about an event. It is always scary to explain your ideas to someone who actually does have the power to get a crew together and make them… and yet, just like bungy jumping, it’s an amazing feeling of achivement afterwards.

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