You may register for Take A Meeting at any time. On or before June 30, 2008, an e-mail will be sent to all registrants who have signed up for the Take A Meeting sessions in California. For New York registrants, an email will be sent by September 15, 2008. Those who have pre-registered for Take A Meeting will have three days to select the meetings that they want before the meetings become available to the public

Have another question? Feel free to e-mail us (the address is at the bottom of the page).

Starting June 15 you may log into your account and choose executives with whom to take your meetings. You may update or add to your meetings at any time including the actual day of the event. Your badge is your ticket to enter the meeting room. Screenwriters will first congregate in the Green Room of the meeting area 15 minutes before their meetings. In the Green Room you'll have time to relax, rehearse your pitch, ask questions of the staff and prepare for your meeting. Comfortable seating will be provided.

Once your TAM session commences, you'll be escorted to your meeting area and introduced to your executive, at which time you may begin the meeting. Use your time not only to present ideas, but also to get feedback on your delivery, your career direction, and your script. At the end of the meeting, the room will be cleared and executives will have time to relax and prepare for their next meeting.

You may purchase as many meetings as you would like, whether or not they are discounted. 404534

Take A Meeting sessions are designed to simulate a meeting in the executive's office. Dress as you would if you were going to his or her office. Business-casual is preferred.

No, you sign up online for a specific meeting time. You only need to line up 15 minutes before your designated meeting time. At that point you may enter the Green Room and prepare for your meeting.

Yes, co-writers can take meetings together. The partner must purchase at least one meeting in order to gain access to the event. After that, writing partners may pitch together as often as they would like so long as one writing partner has purchased that meeting. 

All executives who hear ideas for Take A Meeting are required to sign a release in advance of the event. It is advisable to register your script with the WGA for additional protection. Please be aware that if you're taking meetings, you'll also be required to sign a standard release form prior to choosing your meeting sessions. Having writers sign a release is protection for all involved and standard business practice.

Fifteen minutes, which is longer than the usual five or so minutes allotted in ordinary pitchfests. Longer meetings not only attract a higher echelon of executives, but also allow ample time for a screenwriter to introduce himself or herself, present his or her idea, and receive feedback not only about his particular project but about his or her career path as well.

No. Meetings at Take A Meeting events are professional in nature and we ask that everyone conduct themselves as professional screenwriters taking a meeting in an executive's office. No props or leave-behinds will be allowed.

We discourage bringing an entire script to your meeting, though you may wish to bring notes or a brief treatment on your pitch. Should an executive wish to see a copy of your script, you'll be able to make arrangements to get it to him/her at a later time.

As you may have guessed, the answer to this question is a resounding "no."

No. Contacting an executive outside of the time he/she has already set aside from his/her busy schedule is inconsiderate. If you want to know more about an executive, please see the information he or she provided for the event or research that executive in the trades such as The Hollywood Reporter or Variety.

By doing your homework. Starting June 15 for our California event and September 15 for our New York event, the web site will list the executives' credits and notes on what kind of material they are interested in. You can't go wrong by doing additional research about the executives on web sites like Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Filmtracker, or Internet Movie Database. Be sure the ideas you're going to pitch match what the executive says he or she wants to hear.

Scriptwriters who are determined to carve out a career path, who have prepared a pitch and feel confident about their work, their ideas and themselves.

As many as you'd like.