What is an Elevator Pitch?

An elevator pitch is a short summary of your idea that conveys the premise in a way that any listener, industry insider or otherwise, can understand and comprehend.

What Should be Included in an Elevator Pitch?

It'll include the most basic details of your story, plus some flourish to spark your listener's interest. Make sure you convey your protagonist, the concept, genre, plot and your personal connection to the story.

How Can Your Elevator Pitch Help Your Story?

By cutting efficiently to the very core of your story idea, you're putting it under the microscope. Are the stakes high enough? Is the protagonist journey clear enough? Just clarifying how this can come across in your elevator pitch will help you clarify it overall.

How to Write an Elevator Pitch

Don't get too caught up in the plot. Stick to the broad, striking aspects of your idea. Try writing a Venn diagram. On one side, put what you deem to be the most vital things to know to understand the story. On the other, put the wow factors that give your script flair. What overlaps in the middle can be included in your elevator pitch.

Why Nailing Your Elevator Pitch Can Massively Help Your Screenplay

It’s any screenwriter‘s fantasy to come across an acclaimed director or producer out of the blue and pitch them their passion project. Enter the infamous elevator pitch. Chances are, of all the possible places this could happen, it won’t likely be in an elevator. But, no matter the circumstances, you’ll have only a short window of time to say what you want to say. The brevity of an elevator pitch is a good practice in appealing to the short attention

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