The New Pickup Process

1. THE PITCH | Once you've pitched your webseries, mini-series, or webisode series, you will be given a series of reviews for your overall pitch. What we like about it, as well as what we think could need a little work. This will only better your thought process when going into preparing a pilot episode to be judged for pickup. 

2. REVIEW STAGES | Once the first draft of your pilot has been completed, and you've edited it to your liking, post the pilot unto the pitch itself in order for it to be reviewed by the VPN Pitch/Pilot Administrative team. Next, your pitch will be moved to a backstage board. Once your pilot has been read by three of the six committee admins, each of them will then give a detailed review of your script, explaining their likes and dislikes about your script. Based on the reviews, they will decide whether your script is ready to be moved to the next round.

Please, do not be discouraged if these reviews are not what you would have hoped them to be. The committee will not give a definitive NO to your project. Instead, you will be presented with a chance to take what they've told you about script, and revise it before entering it a second time. 

3. VOTING STAGES | In this round, all VPN administrators and showrunners will vote on your pilot, and will be split up into the following categories;

• LESS THAN MAJORITY: You pilot has not been picked up. The committee will send you a reason for why they have not approved your show and give you any other comments they may have in order for you to improve your pitch. Does this mean the road ends here? No. It just means they need to completely reconstruct your pitch and/or pilot. 
  
  MAJORITY: Your pilot has not been picked up to series, but there's still HOPE! At this point all that needs to be done are revisions to the script, in order to make it what we feel is ''greenlighting'' level. You will receive feedback on the script, and we will give you the opportunity to perfect your pilot, then automatically submit it back into the Voting Round.
  
  MORE THAN MAJORITY (TWO-THIRDS VOTE): Your pilot has been picked up to series. You will be promoted to showrunner, and given your own board and spot in the lineup. Congratulations!

5. THE PICK-UP | Once your series is picked up, I know you will be excited to start writing and airing episodes. However, before any series premieres, at least half of their ordered string of episodes for Season One must be written. For example; The network orders a new Mystery Drama to series, which has been given a 12-13 episode order for it's first season. A total of 6 episodes must be written BEFORE the series airs on the network. This is not to restrict new showrunners, or pressure them to write as fast as they can. These rules will only be a benefit for writers and readers alike, to ensure shows run at a stable pace. If you wish to write an entire season before airing a single episode, to further ensure that the season will go by, uninterrupted by delays you may do so, but it is not required. (This method is designed to cut stress levels in half)

6. SERIES PREMIERE & BEYOND! | Just the beginning of your journey. Episodes, from this point on, will be reviewed and judged by fans, which will most likely consist of those in the committee, as well as network executives. The staying power of your series is on your shoulders, however, the Pitch/Pilot Committee will always follow up on your progress and be there to provide any help or advice you may need as you produce your new series.