Sentences with phrase «doing story pitches»

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He begins by anonymously pitching a story, rumour or lie to a small blog — some under - staffed place without the resources or inclination to do much digging.

If one pitch doesn't work, stop, hit the reset button and try another story angle.

Write them, tweet at them and pitch a coherent and completely polished story (don't make the reporter or producer work), and you have a good chance — assuming you have established yourself.

However, most people don't see a sales pitch or a sales process as a story.

This is the age of authenticity (don't pitch people) made compelling by a good story or way of doing business that makes the person sharing it look smart.

C — Wolters gets the start — and still can not hit 1B — Desmond already injured — McMahon is now 0 - 3 with 3 Ks and seems over matched 2B — LeMahieu with another solid game SS — Story moved out of the # 4 spot finally — still goes 0 - 3 but does not strike out at least 3B — Arenado had an off night with a couple Ks LF — Parra — nothing exciting CF — Blackmon hitting 2 HRs — Nazty was the offense tonight RF — CarGo seemed comfortable in the # 4 spot — let's keep him there UTIL — nothing exciting SP — Márquez pitched pretty well overall — 4 walks added to an already ridiculously high number thru 3 games though.

Every writer has stories in the back of their brain they plan to write eventually if they can find a gap between deadlines, or if an editor didn't stonewall the pitch, or if a hook would finally present itself.

Unfair... This is not an ffing Enid blyton story... Either he fouled him or he didn't... And every replay shows he caught his foot and not the ball it would be a free kick anywhere on the pitch and in the penalty area that means a penalty... Stop blaming the refs for another substandard season and focus energy on the real problem...

The players look like they don't wan na play for their manager, who keeps speaking of spirit but on the pitch the story is pretty clear.

By the way, I don't believe the story that Spurs sought to have the Wembley pitch reduced to the same size as the old WHL pitch.

I share my story here as an example of how when we do treat our kids with respect, giving them ample opportunities to help out around the house to develop their independence as well as showing deep appreciating for them when they do pitch in, they'll rise to the challenge when you really need them to help.

A PR rep didn't pitch this story.

Be sure to work around their schedules, though, and don't just pitch stories — hang out for a while at first and be sure to keep in touch regularly.

You can also reach out directly to journalists and pitch stories, but you'll generally want to work with a press or P.R. expert so that you don't make the kind of mistakes that alienate reporters.

Feedback has poked gentle fun at reports describing area in terms of football pitches or Wales, lengths as multiples of a London bus, and so on, but now you're doing it in the story on tapping the electrical potential of ear cells (17 November, p 18).

«I had done a Ph.D. and had 3 years postdoctoral experience but didn't really have the confidence or contacts to start phoning around [to] science editors at broadsheets to pitch stories,» says Dr. Ananyo Bhattacharya, reporter for the science - policy newspaper Research Fortnight.

If you've read the sales pitch on the Lipovox and Leptovox websites, the hokey «stories» of how each product was developed no doubt left an impression - it certainly did for me.

Certainly the cast gives amusing and / or affecting performances — I haven't mentioned Paddy Considine, as the mullet - haired New Age healer who moves in next door and pitches woo at Oliver's mum — but Ayoade doesn't have any idea how to make all these comic episodes adhere into a story that seems even the slightest bit original, and the whole thing peters out into conventional bittersweet quirk.

The story concerns a well to do African American at a tv station who is fed up with his job, and decides to pitch a show idea so offensive, there's no way it will be accepted and air,, and he will be fired.

First pitched to Disney in 1997, the story, which has nothing to do with the TV series about the bloke with the watch that makes him invisible, follows an aging hitman who is trying to get out of the business and retire to a more peaceful life.

The violence and gore is pretty minimal here but that doesn't matter as it is tension, atmosphere and anticipation of violence that makes a good thriller and Dario Argento pitches everything perfectly as he tells the simple story of an American man named Sam (Tony Musante) living in Italy with his girlfriend Julia (Suzy Kendall).

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«It didn't feel like it was going to be satisfying to me to just pitch the Nativity story.

Crucially, the film is pitched as an underdog story, and whilst the man did indeed face battles with studios and censors, its hard to believe that this really is a story of the «little guy achieving greatness in the face of adversity», even if the likes of Vertigo weren't appreciated until years later.

If Hollywood is going to make «now more than ever» movies, this is the way to do it: with a marvelous cast, pitch - perfect design, and a story that feels like the work of latter - day Frank Capra.

Hugh also mentioned that series creator David Kajganich pitched more than one version of The Terror to networks, including one that continued the story of the expedition; AMC contained the Tuunbaq tale into just one season, so don't expect more of the same.

During the pitch, the story artist will do all the voices, narrate the actions of the sequence and maybe even play sound effects with a physical instrument (or in the case of the demo we saw, a squeaker toy) or play music from a computer.

Playing a retrenched, relapsed alcoholic who, thrown out of house and home, defiantly camps out on his front lawn until made to do otherwise (if you recognize that pitch, yes, it's an adaptation of Carver's story «Why Don't You Dance?»do otherwise (if you recognize that pitch, yes, it's an adaptation of Carver's story «Why Don't You Dance?»)

And, if you happen to be working with a book publicist who doesn't immediately see the connection between the news story and your book and your expertise, then it's crucial for you to let your book publicist know that this is the time to pitch you to the media.

I've had great success in placing articles written (and bylined) by my clients and pitching beat reporters / editors to do a story / interview with my clients.

Just be sure you have a list of all of the media outlets to which you can pitch a local media story, and don't leave out a single one.

Social media is a great way to do this, but teaching classes, doing readings of your work, pitching a story about your book subject to the media, and blogging are all ways to establish your voice and draw interest to your topic.

She cared about my debut novel's success as much as I did, and she worked tirelessly at developing pertinent, relevant angles and pitching stories to the media.

In a way it does read like a pitch for a movie and reminded me of another novella / movie, Drive, in its Shane - like story of the ultra viol

And doing book signings may be enough of a story to pitch it to local media and get in the news, which can help to build your platform.

Unless an author has a burning desire to appear on one of the shock jocks» radio shows, sorry, but I don't pitch the story to those folks.

She has pitched stories and received pitches to the media over the last fifteen years and now helps other people to do the same with her Soulful PR training...

Every moment of our work day is focused on getting you high - value exposure, whether it's scheduling radio interviews, doing telephone follow - up on press material mailed out, pitching a story idea to a magazine editor, or emailing a fresh media pitch to get you on television and in the print media in response to a breaking news event that happened just moments ago.

Of course, sales numbers don't tell the whole story, so even if your sales figures hit the minimums, it doesn't hurt to give your pitch a little help.

Since most of these long - lead publications don't consider self - published books, I'd suggest another avenue, such as pitching them for a story.

However, in order to do this you have to learn how to think like a journalist, pitch stories that are newsworthy and tied into current events.

You might be able to pitch me a great story, that I could share, if it was really interesting and my readers would enjoy it (though I don't accept «guest posts» I might share the news).

If you're selling non-fiction, you'll do a lot better if your pitch / story comes packaged with photography.

And I think — and trust — that pitching stories to newspapers will be a part of book promotion campaigns for a long while to come, as long as there are enough people who feel the way that I do.

Don't forget, over the past few years, ZMNO was supported by Pageant Holdings» activism & Pat Landy stepping in to lead a very successful turn - around — so management, understandably, wasn't focused on pitching a «story» to investors (though this presentation was a start, from late - 2013).

The moral of the story: Don't pitch yourself as a growth stock, unless you've got the numbers & strategy to back it up!

Don't expect to pitch your product in November and see it in the January issue of a magazine, but online / TV outlets are a different story.

I followed the book's suggestion of brainstorming story angles and doing just enough research to pitch ideas via query before leaving for a trip, and out of 18 queries, I received one rejection and two nods to go ahead with my suggested story ideas in just 48 hours.

• Do you know the specific editor to pitch, and the kinds of stories they like to publish?

This is the moment when Sega Does (did) what Nintendon't (didn't), his tenure at SEGA is filled with funny (his recruitment), malicious (sacking former president Katz), inspirational (read the ^ pitch) and tragic stories (his departure) from truly the best time to be a Sega (dare I say) Nerd.