Chapter Six ‘Collage’ Is Dead
MAL: Emerson, this cannot be the title.
EMERSON: what is wrong with it though?!?!
MAL: It needs to be—here, let me just—
MIXXEDMEDIA PITCH
SUBMISSION FORM
DRAFT ONE!!!!!
EMERSON: Okay I can see how this is better
MixxedMedia Pitch Submission Form:
EMERSON: If someone messes this up they are FIREDDD.
NAME:
MAL: Is it clear that this means like, poetry, prose, drama?
EMERSON: And comics, photographs, drawings, collages, recipes, glitter, etc??? Yes I think so ;-)
EMERSON: I see that cursor panic-moving in the doc, Mal Flowers!!!!! It’s okay we will take it slow I pinkie promise
ISSUE:
FORMAT:
EMERSON: is it too cruel to ask people to title in their pitch? That’s always the hardest part for me!
MAL: I mean, it’s never set in stone, right? We could add “working” to make that clear?
EMERSON: PERF, SO SMART SO HOT, ON IT
WORKING TITLE:
EMERSON: OKAY controversial suggestion: we make this less formal???
MAL: I mean a pitch has a formal format, right?
EMERSON: I KNOW BUT what I am saying is, we’re doing it differently now, and so maybe to make it a little more accessible to people who get anxious about “““FORMAL””” things (it’s me, hi, I’m the person who gets anxious about formal things, its me) we can be a little more laid back about it?
MAL: I hadn’t thought about accessibility. That’s a good point.
EMERSON: I’m full of ‘em baybeeee. This is why you keep me around, isn’t it?
MAL: That and your masterful command of creative punctuation.
EMERSON: Oh they’re flirting now aren’t they???
MAL: Here, I’ll put something like—
PITCH: Please note that pitches no longer have to be submitted in traditional format and may be more informal, so long as you communicate the important elements of your piece.