The When And The How Of Landing An Agent.
Getting representation is a process, like most things, dominated by economics. That is, the allocation of limited resources. Yours and theirs.
The Business
Why and How I Fought To Have My Name On A Film That I Hated
THE QUEEN MARY started its WGA credit arbitration this week. Like my last film, WINCHESTER, the arbitration was automatic since an “executive” wrote a draft of the script (usually, a writer has to dispute the proposed credits for arbitration to begin.)
Why You Need A Young Agent On Your Team
I have learned quite a few things over these years; unfortunately, almost always from making mistakes. One thing that has stuck with me is the importance of having a young agent on your team, especially when you’re just starting out.
How I Got My First Screenwriting Agent
As you can tell by the title, this is my story. There is actionable advice here, I promise, but I need to go back a few years because where I failed is just as important as where I succeeded. So let me start back in college…
My first big development deal: None of us knew what we were doing.
The second script I ever sold was to a studio with an A-List actor attached through his producing deal on the lot. The lots were full of producer deals back then. My agent actually hated this script and told me to put it on a shelf somewhere and pretend it didn’t exist.
Why I Am Backing The Current WGA Leadership
My belief is the WGA is here just for this very purpose. To protect writers when powerful forces try to impose something unethical on us because we are not powerful enough individually to fight back.