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A Hollywood Literary Agent’s GuideTo Your Writing Career
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Michele Wallerstein
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Chapter 1 Mind Your Own Business! 1Chapter 2 Ladies and Gentleman, Start Your Engines 5Chapter 3 Kickin’ It Up a Notch 11Chapter 4 No One to Blame but Yourself 15Chapter 5 What’s Hot and What’s Not 23Chapter 6 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall 31Chapter 7 To Rewrite or Not To Rewrite 39Chapter 8 Beware of the Pitfalls 43Chapter 9 Special Tips for Television Movie Writersand Television Series Writers 49Chapter 10 Winning the Networking Game 65Chapter 11 Socializing 73Chapter 12 Get Your Query Letter Read, or Bust 77Chapter 13 The Ins and Outs of Packaging 83
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Chapter 14 Is That an Agent Behind You? 87Chapter 15 What Does an Agent Do All Day? 93Chapter 16 The Whole Ball of Wax: Agents, Personal Managers,Business Managers, and Lawyers 99Chapter 17 How to Get, Keep, and When to Fire an Agent 111Chapter 18 The Ten Rules to a Great Agent-Client Relationship 119
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Chapter 19 Dealing with Hollywood 127Chapter 20 $The Money$ 155Chapter 21 How Was My Meeting? 165Chapter 22 The Price of Being a Writer: Are You Worth It? 171Chapter 23 Don’t Give It Away 173Chapter 24 Working with Script Consultants 177
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Chapter 25 Welcome to the Beginning of Your Career 183
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FAQs 187Resources 191Suggested Reading 193Hollywood Terminology 195Index 199About the Author 205
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