Hey everyone! Holy cow what a week it has been. I just released my 3rd novel which topped #3 in the free assassination thrillers on Amazon Kindle during it's free promo weekend. AND Then, today I got a screenplay request from one of my pitch sessions here at stage 32.
Not going to lie, was a little downbeat last week, you'll probably see my post in screenwriting, but this week, right here, right now I am top of the world!
Thanks for letting me share this moment! I hope you're all having an epic start to the week!
BUZZING!
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Congrats Ritchie
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Congratulations!
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Fantastic news! CONGRATS!!!
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Congratulations on releasing your 3rd novel, your novel reaching #3, and getting a script request, Ritchie Johnston!
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Getting buzz!
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Thank you everyone and thank you Maurice, you're words of encouragement on my posts have also been a massive help I really appreciate it dude! I'm guessing legend is you're middle name right! :D
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Congrats! How many pitches did you have to do before someone requested it?
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You're welcome, Ritchie Johnston. I don't have a middle name, so I guess I'll use "Legend" as one. :D Glad to hear my words helped. I hope the script request leads to a sale and more opportunities for you!
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Callie, I think I've had about 9 pitch sessions to get a request, I did get a bit frustrated with it all by about seven or eight but I took them all as positives and built each pitch up from the feedback that was useful and a lot of it has been. :) the one tip I got that really helped was to inject some lines into my pitch to sell the characters a bit more. Which was what I did with this one.
If you're currently pitching yourself I wish you the best of luck :)
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Congratulations, Ritchie! What a week. Would love to hear more about your novel. Sounds fascinating. Are some of your scripts based on your books as well? Would be a great way to leverage the IP you own.
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Thanks Geoffrey, yes my third novel came from a screenplay, I've actually posted it on here in my loglines. It's called Triggered, it's a buddy cop thriller with a sci-fi edge set in London. I started writing the novels from my screenplays as I had a few and I hate just leaving things so I've been revising my oldest ones into novelas mainly as a way to build I.P and see if there was an audience.
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Ritchie Johnston Putting actual lines into the pitch is a good idea! Gives them a taste of the writer's "flavor" haha I've done 3 so far for my cannibal/murder crime romance, and they've all said it was pretty good, but "they've seen it already". So now I'm working on making more distance between it and other films in that category.
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That's amazing. I'm going to check it out. There's always a need for great thrillers and producers are particularly keen for IP-based thrillers. I'm also curious about the sci-fi edge!
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Huge congratulations, Ritchie!
That’s a major week — novel launch and a script request? Inspiring!
Wishing you continued momentum and even more breakthroughs ahead.
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Congratulations!
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congrats!!
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congratulations!!!
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congratulations! I know you’re over the moon!
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Congratulations, Ritchie Johnston!!
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Good for you. I hope you can help others.
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Congrats Ritchie! Keep Rocking!
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Amazing. Congrats!
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Great stuff ... congratulations.
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Congratulations! Keep on writing!
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Hey that's super cool! All your hard work is paying off! Congratulations Ritchie Johnston
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Wow, thanks again everyone for all the congratulations! It really means a lot. :)
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Congrats! Thanks for sharing.