The tutors gave some great advice and one piece was that if you got to the of stage of meeting with people from big studios or other important figures, always have another piece of work up your sleeve, in case the like one piece of your work and want to read more. So I’ve always kept that in mind, and I wanted to go to a networking event when I had a body of work.
Last week I went to a screenwriting networking event organised by Industrial Scripts. There was a talk given by Alexandra Rossi who used to be a producer at Paramount Pictures. The talk was interesting as I always like finding out how people have got to where they are.
The networking didn’t start off great as I ended up at the wrong networking event. It was in the same place and a guy bought me a drink and then there was an announcement saying welcome to the songwriting networking event. I was at the right venue but the screenwriting was taking place in a smaller room!
Once the talk was over I got talking to a woman next to me called Lucy. We were talking about what we had both done writing wise. And I said what I had written in 18 months….which I honestly thought was the norm. But apparently writing 2 full length films, a 6 part TV series and a one off piece for TV in 18 months isn’t normal. At this point a guy turned around and asked me to repeat myself. And he was very impressed. His name was Uzo and I also got talking to a guy called Clive and another guy who had won a screenwriting competition. Uzo also gave me the nickname of powerhouse which seems to have stuck.
It was a great evening and I really enjoyed talking to people about screenwriting, and finding people that were on the same wavelength, and people who were generally interested in my writing. The people I met and swapped details with really wanted to stay in contact with me which is great, and who knows where that might lead.
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