The 109th post in the video blog from NMI Artistic Director Elise Dewsberry - How to Get NO Feedback from Elise. The Final Year: Why Outline? What are the benefits of starting your musical with an outline - and what are the best practices for writing said outline? 

RELATED VLOGS TO CHECK OUT:

Vlog #7- OUTLINING https://youtu.be/MNBVbMXj4bE
Vlog #16 - THE ROUGH DRAFT https://youtu.be/4jfsp9OWpHc
Vlog #22 - SONG SPOTTING AS A FUNCTION OF THE BOOK https://youtu.be/dhbNs9Ae7bU
Vlog #64- Revisiting SONG SPOTTING https://youtu.be/_mS_kBwIgg0

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The 108th post in the video blog from NMI Artistic Director Elise Dewsberry - How to Get NO Feedback from Elise. The Final Year: What is a Musical? Start with theme and the lead character’s journey; clarify the rules of your universe, be consistent.

RELATED VLOGS TO CHECK OUT:

Vlog 1: Theme https://youtu.be/S9Cff6aM8yI
Vlog 2: Lead Character Goals https://youtu.be/HEweHFxU03o
Vlog 3- PLOT https://youtu.be/H71tAIjtVsE
Vlog 11: Why THIS story and why NOW? https://youtu.be/FTBSReCC5yw
Vlog 21 - THE WORK OF A SCENE - PART 5 - DELIVERING THEME https://youtu.be/LyEqissEScs
Vlog 30 - YOUR LEAD ACTIVE IN OWN FATE https://youtu.be/dP82uMzJa0Q
Vlog 50 - Collaborative Workshop Lecture #1 - Story Story Story https://youtu.be/cYfFOeXKB68
Vlog 66- Premise vs. Theme https://youtu.be/TMJgXnZUUKY

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The 107th post in the video blog from NMI Artistic Director Elise Dewsberry - How to Get NO Feedback from Elise. A mini-series on Pitching to Producers. Part 7: The Marriage Metaphor: finding the right producer is like a marriage. Don’t expect to make a baby with someone before you’ve had your first date.

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The 106th post in the video blog from NMI Artistic Director Elise Dewsberry - How to Get NO Feedback from Elise. A mini-series on Pitching to Producers. Part 6: Do Your Research. Make sure you are pitching to someone who might actually be interested in your musical!

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The 105th post in the video blog from NMI Artistic Director Elise Dewsberry - How to Get NO Feedback from Elise. A mini-series on Pitching to Producers. Part 5: Stay In Your Lane. You are the writing, not the director or designer or publicist - don’t try to tell your producer how to design the set or costumes - you aren’t saving them time - you are showing them that you are an amateur.

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The 104th post in the video blog from NMI Artistic Director Elise Dewsberry - How to Get NO Feedback from Elise. A mini-series on Pitching to Producers. Part 4: Pitch Decks and Websites: useful tools for getting the word out about your new musical!

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