The Screenwriter's Guide to Agents and Managers

A guide to agents and managers for screenwriters. Scriptwriter and journalist, John Scott Lewinski, provides step-by-step instructions for overcoming the "Screenwriter's Catch 22" - which holds that you can't sell a script without an agent and you can't get an agent without selling a script.

Interviews with prominent agents and managers reveal how the power brokers choose material, what kinds of writers catch their attention, and what they can expect from the writers they sign on.

Chapters cover different levels of representation - from boutiques to big houses - how to write an effective query letter, going independent versus mainstream, and how to forge a sound relationship with your professional representatives.