Essential Elements for a Successful Book-to-Screen Pitch

If you believe your book would be a wonderful movie, you’ll need people to hear your story and choose to adapt it to film. That means that your pitch has to be ready when you walk into a meeting with studio executives and key decision-makers. Dan Watanabe, Entertainment Expert and Media Arts Instructor, explains what makes a successful movie pitch. He recommends writers always asks two questions: “what makes your variation of the story a little different?” and, “what are the elements that make...