Video Tip #11 – 3 Things You Should Expect from Your Literary Manager
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- M
Thanks a lot for doing these video tips! I find them very useful and I hope you keep it up!
Take care and may your life be extraordinary as well
Joe
Joe England
10 Feb 09 at 8:39 pm
A great tip. Thank you. As I am entering into a contest that promises representation by a lit manager this was a timley and spot on tip. Thank you, Marvin. I don\’t feel as blind going into this.
Magnus
10 Feb 09 at 10:32 pm
I had an agent who did absolutely nothing for me and now will never let go of me (legally) and expects compensation for all my material which I forced to market entirely on my own. He definitely did not satisfy any of the 3 tips but I didn’t realize that at the time and I trusted too much. If only I had heard this videotip and thought seriously about these tips before, I could have been saved from a lot of emotional and financial success… not to mention a major obstacle in getting started in the industry. Choosing a BAD agent or manager is infinitely worse than not having a manager at all…
Lynn
10 Feb 09 at 11:28 pm
Excellent blog.
My questions would be :
How, and how much, do you pay a literary manager?
What are the differences between your service, and the service of a literary agent?
Can your service be effective for non US residents, having regard to the logistics and costs of attending meetings, during a project’s gestation period.
Best wishes,
John
John Timperley
11 Feb 09 at 4:09 am
Great advice again. Thanks. How about a few words on the advisability or even possibility of signing for ONE project only, sort of an audition for the agent/manager? Is this a no-no?
John C.
11 Feb 09 at 5:06 pm
Dear Marvin. I really look forward to receiving your tips, monthly.
I have a question for you. I have been approached and am dealing with a literary agency, to which I have already submitted three scripts. My point of contact is Mr. Lee Levinson, a well respected industry figure.
My question is, what should I expect from this Company, and should I be looking for management?
Best, Martin.
Martin Cox
11 Feb 09 at 10:25 pm
Hello Marvin,
I feel like a veteran already since I have been watching your Tips since pretty their inception last year. My question to you. I feel I have written a killer script, a high-concept, action-thriller in the sci-fi genre. I do not have an agent. How do I get this script into the hands of the right production companies without running myself to the ground? Shall I approach them directly? Shall I contact a director of my liking? or shall I kidnap an agent’s wife and force him to submit the script on my behalf? Seriously, if you feel you have something hot in your hands how you would proceed?
Thanks (keep the tips rolling, truly helpful for an isolated guy like me)
Frederic
Frederic
13 Feb 09 at 12:42 pm
Marvin -
Will all (or most) of these tips be presented by you at The 2009 Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe (this a blatant pitch opportunity), ada http://www.SCSFe.com?
Write on,
- Larry -
Larry N Stouffer
13 Feb 09 at 12:51 pm
it’s like you’re inside my head: received this tip hours before my meeting with a high-profile lit manager… very helpful. Don’t know what tip you have planned but I feel like I should forward you my entire schedule. Thanks for being there,
mf
martin fisher
13 Feb 09 at 8:12 pm
Hello Marvin,
Thank you for another great tip! I\’ll ask my manager to listen to this tip when I get one!
Kh.
17 Feb 09 at 2:43 pm