Hey everyone, it's Lorian.

Austin Film Festival is starting in about a week and a half on October 24th.

So to help get you in the AFF mood, we are re-airing the episode 156, the elevator pitch and AFF prep workshop episode.

TSL will be there this year. Meg and I are doing panel separately and we're doing one together on

Saturday the 25th at 430 in the SFA ballroom. And then right after that, right across the hall,

we will be having our annual TSL party at the bar. So we really hope to see you there. So thank you.

And as always, you are not alone and keep writing.

Hey, everyone. Welcome back to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg Lofo.

And I'm Loria McKenna. And today we have a really cool episode. As many of you know,

TSL has been attending the Austin Film Festival for the past two years. And one of the big

AFA events each year is their 90-second pitch competition, which is judged by a lot of industry pros, including Meglaphov.

Well, that's right.

Because so many of you will be attending AFF, we wanted to devote an episode to helping you hone your pitch.

But even if you aren't going to the festival, everyone needs to be able to do a quick pitch of their story

or what some people in the business called the elevator pitch. We'll be welcoming five pitchers

to bring their ideas on air today, Andrew, Sophie, Potty, Jess, and Boris. So whenever we talk about

pitching on this show, we almost always talk about producer and friend of the show, Sheila Hannahan Taylor, who will be

joining us today, making this her third appearance on TSL. And as most of you already know,

Sheila, but she is a producer of many movies, including the Final Destination franchise. So,

hi, Sheila, and welcome. Hi, team. Screenwriting Life. Love this.

I'm very excited to hear and thank you so much.

And joining Sheila is AFF Screenplay Department Director, Alyssa Alvarado, who will be able to fill us in on how Sheila's insights specifically operate within the framework of AFF's pitch competition.

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