by Filmmaker Staff in Filmmaking, Screenwriting on Nov 26, 2013
The following piece on TV writers’ interactions with their agents is excerpted from Chad Gervich’s just-released How to Manage Your Agent: A Writer’s Guide to Hollywood Representation. It can be purchased on Amazon at the link above.
How much should I talk to my agent during staffing season? I know they’re superbusy, and super-stressed, so I don’t want to bug them, but I also want to know what’s going on. Should I call once a day? Once an hour? Once a week? What?!
“It’s not about how frequently you call,” says Verve agent Amy Retzinger, “although please do not call every single day, and do not call once in the morning and then again in the afternoon . . . and don’t never call, because there are certainly clients you don’t hear from for weeks and that’s dangerous, too.MORE...
