How to Manage Your Agent

A Writer’s Guide to Hollywood Representation

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Pub Date Nov 24 2013 | Archive Date Mar 05 2014

Description

Have you written the script for the next box office-blockbuster or hit TV show and just need the right agent to sell it? Not sure whether to accept an if-come deal or a script commitment? Debating which manager is the right choice to steer your career? Well, worry no more…

How to Manage Your Agent is a fun, friendly guide to the world of literary representation. Enter the inner sanctums of Hollywood’s power-brokers and learn how they influence what pitches get bought, what projects get sold, and which writers get hired.

Find tips from top-level executives, agents, managers, producers, and writers to help you maximize your own representation and kick your career into overdrive!

Have you written the script for the next box office-blockbuster or hit TV show and just need the right agent to sell it? Not sure whether to accept an if-come deal or a script commitment? Debating...


A Note From the Publisher

Chad Gervich is a television writer/producer, bestselling author, and award-winning playwright. He has written, produced, or developed shows for almost every major network and studio in Hollywood, including E!’s After Lately, starring Chelsea Handler; Disney Channel’s Dog With a Blog;Food Network’s Cupcake Wars;and ABC’s Wipeout. Chad’s first book, Small Screen, Big Picture: A Writer’s Guide to the TV Business, has been a staple in film and TV writing programs at USC, UCLA, California State University, Long Island University, as well as in programs at NBC, CBS, and the Writers Guild.

Chad Gervich is a television writer/producer, bestselling author, and award-winning playwright. He has written, produced, or developed shows for almost every major network and studio in Hollywood...


Advance Praise

"The writer/representative relationship can be tricky for writers andrepresentatives to navigate. But thanks to Chad’s book, it just got a whole lot easier!"

-- Noah Rosen, Manager, Circle of Confusion; Producer, Dan in Real Life

"All eager, creative hopefuls should have a clear understanding of an agency's place in the entertainment industry and what an agent truly does before picking the person who will be representing their creative voice around town. Simply put, anyone who has the questions: ‘Why doesn't my agent call me back; what does s/he do all day??’, ‘My agent is telling me that I need another new sample!! What should I write and why?’, or ‘How do agents pitch me to executives?’ should read this book."

--Christel Miller, Network Executive, Current Programming, NBC

"Chad is that rare writer that not only has written for series television and sold pilots, he has the ability to take a confusing subject and make it accessible and understandable to writers and aspiring writers of any level. This book is AWESOME. Do yourself a favor, buy it, read it, then read it again."

-- Aaron Korsh, Creator/Executive Producer, Suits

"The writer/representative relationship can be tricky for writers andrepresentatives to navigate. But thanks to Chad’s book, it just got a whole lot easier!"

-- Noah Rosen, Manager, Circle of...


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Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9780240823775
PRICE $29.95 (USD)