"How do I get an agent?" is the #1 question screenwriters ask. This step-by-step guide?written by WGA pros with 300+ produced credits?reveals how to land the right representation for your screenwriting career. Inside you'll find: • How agents differ from managers (and which you need) • When and how to approach reps • What reps are really looking for Stop guessing. Start getting repped. With bonus insights from working writers, real-world query tips, and access to exclusive discounts for contests and consultations. Are you ready to SELL yourself as a screenwriter? Then you need an agent...or a manager...or both. This is the comprehensive, step-by-step guide that will reveal the truth about:

• The difference between a screenwriting agent and a screenwriting manager.
• Why you need an agent...or manager...or both.
• How to choose the right agent or manager for you.
• When and how to reach out and make that first contact.
• When and how to sign your first agency or management contract.
• How to be the client agents and managers want to work for.

This book will explain the realities of the industry...because screenwriting is not like any other career. It takes the right connections...and the first connection you need is professional representation in the marketplace. Nobody makes a movie without the help of other professionals. The right help from the right professionals can quickly promote your career and sell your work. That help only comes from agents and managers. This is the only book written by WGA writer-producers with more than 300 produced IMDB.com credits whose careers have been guided by nearly a dozen representatives ranging from "boutique" agencies to the industry's most powerful lawyers and mega-agents. This is the book that answers the question "How do I get an agent?"...and so much more.

134 pages