Stage 32 Screenwriting Class: How to Better Approach and Sign With a Literary Manager to Advance Your Screenwriting Career - With a Query and Writing Sample Workshop
Reviews Average Rating: 4.5 out of 5
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Megan Soli I am extremely grateful that this course remained available on demand, and it was worth every penny. I only wish I would have been more active here to have participated live. I actually revised my bio before Audrey assigned it. Thank You -
D A Stenard I took this class, because the thought of reaching out to someone I don't know make my stomach go into hyperdrive. I was one of the lucky ones in our class, because Audrey was able to review my logline and sample query letter and I got great great feedback on it. And the notes she gave us about trying to ask 5 people we know if they have any managers they would introduce us to helped me hit a goldmine. Firstly, I asked a person who plays tennis at my boss's house and I am the person who usually helps him book the court. I asked him for a favor in return. Right away, he told me he knows at least 5 managers who he will call and see if they are up for getting my ptich. JACKPOT! There's my homework assignment right there, basically! But I didn't stop. Before I heard from this person, I went on IMDBPro and read up on a manager who I didn't know from Adam. It turns out one of her clients is a director I worked with THIRTY YEARS AGO. So I took a chance and an hour ago, I crafted my letter with that connection in the body of the query and now I am just waiting to see if I get a hit. THANK YOU AUDREY, for giving me the ideas and the courage to follow through. Please take this class if you have any qualms about cold-querying. This really helped me.. GOING FORWARD!!
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