https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/ Writing Excuses Transcripts - Dreamwidth Studios Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:43:00 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios wetranscripts community https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/28324.html Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:43:00 GMT https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/28324.html Posted by: <span lj:user='mbarker.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=92151&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mbarker.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mbarker.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Writing Excuses Season Four Episode Four: Agents -- do you need one?<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/01/31/writing-excuses-4-4-agents-do-you-need-one/">http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/01/31/writing-excuses-4-4-agents-do-you-need-one/</a><br /><br />Key Points: Why get an agent? Expertise in negotiations, contracts, foreign rights, etc. that you don't have. Wider view and experience. Career builder and consultant? A key question: do they have skin in the game? (I.e., are they invested in you or not?) Beware: there is no quality control for agents. Bottom line: everybody doesn't need an agent, but you might.<br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/28324.html#cutid1">Secret agent?</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br />[Howard] Write yourself a story about a famous recluse author and his or her agent. The author dies. The agent is now scrambling to keep that career alive without telling anybody.<br />[Brandon] That's awesome.<br />[Dan] Very nice.<br />[Howard] That's skin in the game.<br />[Brandon] This has been Writing Excuses. You are out of excuses, now go write.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wetranscripts&ditemid=28324" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/28324.html quality control contracts expertise agents negotiation careers foreign rights rumbling public ext_88293 0