The Complex Sale: 10 Hollywood Tips for Being "Good in a Room"
About a year ago, I had the pleasure to co-write an article titled "Ten Tips for Being Good in a Room," with Stephanie Palmer, former Director of Creative Affairs at MGM Pictures. At the time, she had just started a new company called (you're never going to guess ...) "Good in a Room." The article, updated and included below, (with a surprise at the end) draws on Stephanie's years of experience working with stories, writers, creative people and directors as they "pitched" their ideas and stories trying to get them to the big screen. In Stephanie's tenure as the Director of Creative Affairs at MGM Pictures she acquired screenplays, books, articles and pitches and supervised their development. Some of her projects include " Mad Money ," " 21 ," " Be Cool ," " Legally Blonde ," " Sleepover ," " A Guy Thing ," " Good Boy ," " Agent Cody Banks" and " Agent Cody B...