This blog is a result of a comment I posted on Scott’s article, 15 Steps to Take After You Finish Your Script. People have always discouraged “readings” for investors, and I know why. They are usually boring for a number of reasons. Now I’ll lay out how my producing partners and I successfully raised money for our first film by staging readings. First, here’s a little backstory on what led us to this idea that everyone tells you not to do. Our journey started in 1998 when my writing partner Ralph Stein and I first wrote the script for When […]
by Nayan Padrai on May 31, 2012