Robert L. Mccullough, Suzanne Herrera-McCullough

Marry an Agent! (Or...How to Get an Agent Without Even Dating One) (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"How do I get an agent?" is the #1 question screenwriters ask. This step-by-step guide-written by WGA pros with 300+ produced credits-reveals how to land the right representation for your screenwriting career. Inside you'll find: • How agents differ from managers (and which you need) • When and how to approach reps • What reps are really looking for Stop guessing. Start getting repped. With bonus insights from working writers, real-world query tips, and access to exclusive discounts for contests and consultations. Are you ready to SELL yourself as a screenwriter? Then you need an agent...or a manager...or both. This is the comprehensive, step-by-step guide that will reveal the truth about:

• The difference between a screenwriting agent and a screenwriting manager.
• Why you need an agent...or manager...or both.
• How to choose the right agent or manager for you.
• When and how to reach out and make that first contact.
• When and how to sign your first agency or management contract.
• How to be the client agents and managers want to work for.

This book will explain the realities of the industry...because screenwriting is not like any other career. It takes the right connections...and the first connection you need is professional representation in the marketplace. Nobody makes a movie without the help of other professionals. The right help from the right professionals can quickly promote your career and sell your work. That help only comes from agents and managers. This is the only book written by WGA writer-producers with more than 300 produced IMDB.com credits whose careers have been guided by nearly a dozen representatives ranging from "boutique" agencies to the industry's most powerful lawyers and mega-agents. This is the book that answers the question "How do I get an agent?"...and so much more.

134 pages

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Butterfly Beach Media Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798327252288
• Artikelnr.: 74818863

Autorenporträt

Robert L. McCullough is best known as the creative force behind numerous hit TV series and movies, including "Falcon Crest", "The New Adventures of Zorro", "Soldier of Fortune", "Star Trek","Hollywood Wives",and "Airport". He holds degrees from U.S.C., the University of Texas, The American Film Institute, and Southwestern University of Law, and is a long-standing member of The Writers Guild of America West and Directors Guild of America. He has been honored by the Writers Guild of America for Outstanding Writing and Producing on the "101 Best Written TV Series" of all time. He has authored multiple books dealing with the craft and business of filmmaking and screenwriting, including Stop Screwing Around and WIN Your Next Screenplay Contest, Stop Screwing Around and Write a Screenplay that SELLS, Stop Screwing Around and Format Your Screenplay Like a Pro, Money for Your Movie: Guaranteed, and The Hollywood Screenwriter: An Insider's Guide to Professional Screenwriting. With his wife Suzanne Herrera-McCullough, he co-hosts the podcast series "Where Hollywood Hides" and co-authored 'Where Hollywood Hides-Santa Barbara: Celebrities in Paradise' and most recently, 'Marry an Agent...or How to Get an Agent Without Even Dating One: The Screenwriter's Guide to Literary Representation'. As the creators and Senior Judges of online screenwriting competitions atThe Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards, The Wiki Screenplay Contest, The Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards and Pitch Deck-Sizzle Reel-Trailer Contest, the McCulloughs are constantly reading screenplays and looking for the latest and greatest in writing talent! Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Suzanne had early ambitions far afield from show business, attending UCLA with a social sciences major. As luck would have it, Suzanne soon found herself on the Universal City Studios lot where she was cast in television series guest roles by Hollywood's most powerful producers and directors. After studying with Lee Strasberg at The Actor's Studio, Suzanne continued appearing in numerous network TV shows, including Emergency, Quincy, Falcon Crest, Helter Skelter, High Tide, Kojack, The Rockford Files, The Incredible Hulk, Battlestar Gallactica, International Airport, and Fantasy Island. When asked about her many appearances in such iconic television shows, Suzanne jokingly refers to herself as "almost-almost famous". She even recalls with great humor her stint as an on-air