Reminder: Mixer tonight

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Hi. Looking forward to seeing you. I got your RSVP for our event tonight (Monday) at Sharky's in Beverly Hills. That's on North Beverly Drive, south of Santa Monica Blvd. (Don't confuse it with the other Beverly that goes east/west.) Park on the street free or underneath Crate & Barrel across the street for $3.

Please say hi to me when you arrive and also goodnight when you leave. I like to talk to everyone. You're such a great group of positive upbeat people that I wouldn't want to miss seeing anyone.

You can order Mexican food at the counter in front and have it brought to your table in the back room. Drinks can be ordered in the back room only. It gets noisy in the back room. If it gets too loud for you, try the middle room where there are fewer people.

It's a party, and it's also an opportunity to make a great first impression on people you may work with some day. Bring your most upbeat positive self. Have in mind some recent personal success, related to the industry, that you can share as good news in conversation. Everyone prefers to work with winners.

Feel free to introduce yourself to anyone and everyone. Everyone is there to meet someone as charming as you. A question you'll hear at the mixer is, "What can I do for you?". Be ready with an answer.

When you sign in at the event you'll be asked to agree to our usual "Tell Us No Secrets" release. There's a link to that agreement on our home page if you want to read it ahead of time. Essentially, it says that you'll take whatever precautions you consider necessary to properly protect your ideas, such a WGA or copyright registration, before discussing your ideas at a public venue like ScreenPlayLab.

In the unlikely event you encounter anyone being negative, someone who's engaging in career self-sabotage by talking about personal failure or distrust of the industry, please let me know right away. If I can't help them I can ask them to leave.

The most powerful force in Hollywood is a referral. People may think they need to meet a producer or agent, when who they really need to meet is the friend of a producer or agent. That could be anyone.

Love you guys!