Delegate Guidebook

3. Who are you hoping to meet during
the festival?
4. Which sessions did you see today /
which did you get the most out of?
5. What do you want to get out of the
festival?
6. Do you have any pitching tips?
7. What genres are your favourites?
8. Do you prefer movies, or television?
9. Who’s your favourite actor?
10. What do you think of transmedia/
multiple platform writing?
Your writer colleagues are your greatest
allies – never forget this. Don’t ignore
everyone in the hope of catching Jim
Uhls at the bar, or harangue your
colleagues into hearing your practice
pitch either.
The more conversations you have, the
more likely you will be remembered for
the RIGHT reasons… For example: I
went to a party, years and years ago.
I was writing a horror screenplay and
whilst networking, told my logline to
about 5 people. By the end of the night,
a young producer (whose path I had
NOT crossed that night), came over to
me and said:
“I hear you have a horror screenplay?”
That horror feature led to one of my first
paid writing assignments. Now, let’s
rewind and imagine I’d said to other
writers, “Oh this and that” when they’d
asked what I was working on. That’s
right: that producer, who’d been going
round asking who had horror scripts,
would never have been told by those
writers that I had one. Talk about a nobrainer.
Business cards
Have some. Do not even THINK of
attending LondonSWF without any.
Lots of people ask what should go on
their business cards. I recommend a
minimal approach: Name, Job Title,
mobile number, website, email address.
Social media handles/links to CVs,
showreels etc are optional. I always
include my Twitter.
Avoid funky fonts, overly flashy or shiny
cards – remember people will have
trouble remembering who is who, so will
probably want to write reminders on the
back of cards, so make sure there is a
blank bit where they can do this.
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