The Do's and Don'ts of Landing a Manager or Agent
Webinar hosted by: Lee Jessup
Script Consultant
Author of the upcoming Michael Wiese Productions' Getting It Write: An Insider's Guide To A Screenwriting Career, Lee Jessup is a career coach for screenwriters, with an exclusive focus on the screenwriter's professional development. Her clients include WGA members, Golden Globe and Emmy nominated screenwriters, writers who sold screenplays and pitches to major studios, best-selling authors, contest winners, as well as novice and emerging screenwriters. Lee spent 6+ years as director of ScriptShark.com. During her time with ScriptShark, Lee introduced hundreds of screenplays to entertainment industry professionals, and spearheaded a national Business of Screenwriting seminar series launched in partnership with Final Draft and sponsored by The New York Times Company. An invited speaker at screenwriting conferences and festivals both in the US and Europe, Lee is a regular contributor to Script Magazines and was the interview subject for a number of film-centric television and web programs. To learn more about Lee and her services, visit leejessup.com. Blog Posts by Lee Jessup: "Dude, Where Is My Option?" "Making Your Mark: The Same-But-Different Conundrum" "New Realities of Breaking In" "The Importance of Rejection" Read more posts at leejessup.com Full Bio »
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Learn directly from Lee Jessup, a career coach for screenwriters with an exclusive focus on the screenwriter's professional development. Her clients include WGA members, Golden Globe and Emmy nominated screenwriters, writers who sold screenplays and pitches to major studios, best-selling authors, contest winners, as well as novice and emerging screenwriters!
Everyone wants to find representation but... What are reps actually looking for? Strong specs? TV pilots? The million dollar idea? The industry has changed rapidly over the past 5 years, and so has the representation game.
Discover how to create a winning brand, develop both creatively and professionally, identify the representation that would be right for you and become the writer agents want to sign, managers want to develop, and executives want to hire.
Stage 32 Next Level Webinars is honored to have brought in Lee Jessup, one of the leading screenwriting consultants, with an exclusive focus on the screenwriter's professional development. Her clients include WGA members, Golden Globe and Emmy nominated screenwriters, writers who sold screenplays and pitches to major studios, best-selling authors, contest winners, as well as novice and emerging screenwriters.
What You'll Learn
- The Lay of the Land - The industry today
- The changing spec market
- Today's industry: A career-centric playing field
- Agents vs. Managers
- A brief history
- Operational differences
- Everyone wants representation but... when are you ready?
- Big or small: Who would be the best rep for you?
- Bad reps vs. no reps
- Distribution of labor
- What your rep will do for you
- What your rep will expect from you
- Talking the talk
- Getting ready for pitches and meetings
- Common mistakes of repped writers
- Making your case : Attracting reps with a strong body of work
- Various avenues for getting notices
- Recorded, in-depth Q&A Session
About Your Instructor
Lee Jessup
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"Lee's the real deal, folks. Took her class at GAPF and it's some of the most helpful advice I've gotten in my emerging screenwriting career. Sign up, 32ers -- you won't regret it!" - Adam Pachter
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