The Writers may decide to try to influence the opinions of the Audience before the Pilot. To do this, they declare which Player they want to inform the Audience about, and show a card that they claim will be played in relation with that Player in their Show. A card must also be discarded, to represent the loss of budget. A short description may be said, but only with as many words as the number of the discarded card. If desired, more cards may be discarded for more words.
The other Writers, acting as the audience, then decide privately how that card will influence what they think of that Player. Then, a vote is held (by raising hands or similar) as to which of the three audience scores will be influenced. If there is a three-way tie, the public's opinion is divided, and overall, no change is made to the scores. If there is a two-way tie, the people who voted for the third option vote between the two other options. If there is a tie again, the same thing happens as when there is a three-way tie.
The Writer who is promoting their work may not communicate in any way during this period.
If the which score to influence has been decided, a vote is held which way to move the score. At this point, should the promoting Writer have any applicable cards, they may be used to influence the vote.
Example:
Charlie has the following player:
The Wormhole Network: Theme; (0,0,0),-1,0,1,1
They would like the Audience to be intrigued by it's mysteries. That is to say, they would like a negative Audience Knowledge score.
To achieve this goal, they declare that they would like to publish promotional material in conjunction with The Wormhole Network and display a four of clubs, which corresponds to the *Lost Family* **Card**. While the others read the details on what the card can do, they look through their hand, and decide to discard the three of hearts, *Love Triangle*. That card will only get in the way of their Star Trek-inspired exploration story.
When everyone is ready, Dylan vote for Sympathy, while Alice and Bob votes Knowledge.
Next, everyone votes for Mysterious, which is what Charlie wanted.
Thus, Charlie will start with The wormhole Network's metrics being (0,0,-1),-1,0,1,1.
If the game continues for more than one season, the Shows may be promoted between every season.