Do you share an agent with anyone famous? It must be interesting to know who you're competing with for their attention.
A single 'Eureka' moment? Page 7
Quote: Stan Doubt @ October 1 2009, 2:33 PM BSTDo you share an agent with anyone famous? It must be interesting to know who you're competing with for their attention.
Writers aren't famous! Although I am in the same stable if not with the same agent as Lee Henman!
Ah - he definitely gets all the attention in that case
Sample chapters of my novel are currently with PFD.
I'd definitely keep an agent busy with the amount I write.
With an agent, if they negotioate a deal, do they get the payment, take their 10-15% and then hand over the rest to the writer?
Quote: Mikey Jackson @ October 1 2009, 3:39 PM BSTSample chapters of my novel are currently with PFD.
I'd definitely keep an agent busy with the amount I write.
With an agent, if they negotioate a deal, do they get the payment, take their 10-15% and then hand over the rest to the writer?
Yes.
Quote: Stan Doubt @ October 1 2009, 3:30 PM BSTAh - he definitely gets all the attention in that case
I wish.
I'm meeting with PFD at the Screenwriters festival. Is it ok to name-drop? Probably not as neither of you have seen my writing I guess...
Quote: Stan Doubt @ October 1 2009, 6:59 PM BSTI'm meeting with PFD at the Screenwriters festival. Is it ok to name-drop? Probably not as neither of you have seen my writing I guess...
Who are you meeting with?
I probably sold that more than I should've. What I meant was Gemma Hirst and Jessica Cooper from PDF are on the speeddating panel and I'm one of the many speeddaters @ the SWF.
WHats the speed dating panel?
SWF had a competition earlier in the year where deligates' names went into a draw and if you were chosen you'd have a 'speeddating' session with either agents, producers or sales agents - i.e. 5 mins with a person from each company attending when you will have a chance to pitch your scripts.
Quote: Stan Doubt @ October 2 2009, 9:20 AM BSTSWF had a competition earlier in the year where deligates' names went into a draw and if you were chosen you'd have a 'speeddating' session with either agents, producers or sales agents - i.e. 5 mins with a person from each company attending when you will have a chance to pitch your scripts.
Oh cool, best of luck with that.
Quote: Tim Walker @ September 30 2009, 12:22 AM BSTWriting the actual script is more of a technical exercise than a revelatory one, as I've done most of the "comedy" work in my head beforehand.
Exactly. I hate writing without knowing exactly where it's coming from, going to, and how I'm getting there.
Well, I've been writing all-in for five years. That's from the moment that I decided to be a writer, not from the moment that I knew what I was doing or showed anyone.
Made a move to comedy - wrote my first pilot with someone and it garnered at least a little bit of interest. Didn't go anywhere, but still, people asked for alterations with a view to progress.
Then, still writing, doing drama, comedy, gags, whatever I could, I finally reached a point last year where I just woke up one day with a new view on things. I decided someone should be paying me for my effort.
A little thing, a little bit of 'hey, I can do this actually', and my whole outlook changed, became a little more serious. I entered into every opportunity under the sun and obviously hit the mark with a couple of bits for Watson's Wind Up. That was the little bit of confirmation I needed. My first actual, real life credit, and my first actual, real life piece of paper to sign.
So now I'm not anymore successful. I'm not getting things made left, right and centre, heck, I'm not even getting things read as much as I'd like to be. But I actually feel comfortable looking at myself as a writer who does other work to pay the bills. That transition came out of nowhere and, although it remains to be proven, was the best 'eureka' moment I've ever had.
Quote: Stan Doubt @ October 2 2009, 9:20 AM BSTSWF had a competition earlier in the year where deligates' names went into a draw and if you were chosen you'd have a 'speeddating' session with either agents, producers or sales agents - i.e. 5 mins with a person from each company attending when you will have a chance to pitch your scripts.
Sounds good. I've been with Jessica for over a year now. She's very lovely and very friendly and most importantly, very on the ball. This is her. http://www.pfd.co.uk/agent/jessica_cooper_-_television_film_and_stage/
Best of luck with it.
Cheers Lee - she represents Super Hans (aka Matt King)! Awesome.