Comments on: I Wish I’d Written Twilight!

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:34:41 +0000

Man, I wish I wrote this movie. Some people got to stop judging this movie just because they see vampires. There is such a great story to it. I wish I wrote the books and screenplays myself. Such a great story.

By: TRLocke

TRLocke — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:48:48 +0000

Congrats Gustav, I want to encourage you to make the meeting. As far as getting an agent. I will suggest a few ideas from my book (there are more there). You most likely will not get an agent without a referral. So how do you get a referral? Your best bet, because of your situation, is to ask the producer who liked your pitch to refer you to an agent. If you’re meeting with that producers production company, it might not happen unless he decides to pass on your screenplay, but since you have no other connections, it’s still your best bet. The other way would be to hire an entertainment attorney to represent you and ask him/her for a referral. Attorneys make great referrers and most require you to work with an agent before they will rep you anyway. Finally, if you get an offer from a bone fide production company (with money), just call up almost any agency, tell them you have an offer to buy your script, and some agent will likely happily take you on to come in and get a quick 10-%.
Again, good luck.
TRL

By: Gustav van Vuuren

Gustav van Vuuren — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:00:06 +0000

I have exactly that – a new, original story that no one’s ever seen before. But I got lucky, I got a chance to pitch it to a producer and he is hugely impressed – simply because of the originality of the idea. I am meeting with a production company in L.A. in Jan 2010. My problem is thus different – Hollywood is interested but how do I get an agent to represent me? I’ll value and appreciate your advice.

By: TRLocke

TRLocke — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:52:35 +0000

@Dominic–It’s funny you would say that. If you want to make sure your story is told exactly as you want it to be told, there is probably no other way.
@Zolra–It undeniably has appeal. Thanks for the comment.

By: Zolra Caston

Zolra Caston — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:46:01 +0000

By: Dominic Brown

Dominic Brown — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:00:30 +0000

This article gives me more reason to self publish…Thanks T.R.

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uberVU - social comments — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:19:00 +0000

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By: TRLocke

TRLocke — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:24:15 +0000

@Rondu–Thanks for the comment. Yeah, she says she came up with it in a dream. All I can say is that I wish I more dreams like that.

She did, however, get 9 rejections and 5 no-responses when she submitted it to book agents. Can you imagine how stupid those 14 book agents are feeling? I’ll bet they’ll never put that on their resumes.
TRL

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By: rondu powers

rondu powers — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:47:33 +0000

man sometimes when you are driven most may think you are crazy, just think of it she would have sounded crazy for that story line but who has the last laugh