From a summary of an interview with Jake Wagner of Good Fear on reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriti..._of_good_fear/
Do others agree that reps feel like that?
To me, something like that could be an interesting problem-solving challenge for the manager -- and that's what a manager is for.
But someone responded:
"Most veteran managers aren't like that. I'm sorry, but that's the way it is. Extended Time + Large Portfolio = Excess Baggage."
So basically anyone who's been at this for a while is "damaged goods"... no matter how good they are and no matter how many contests they've won?
That's depressing as hell... And eye-opening...
It suggests that plugging away at contests (even if you keep advancing) is futile as a career strategy.
So what's the solution?
Take the contests off your resume? Change your name? Hire a front?
The more scripts you have, the worse it is. "When someone is like I have 10 scripts and they all placed in contests, I'm thinking to myself: Then why haven't you been signed yet? Like, there is a catch here. You can't be that good if you have 10 scripts that have placed all over the place. You would have been discovered by now. To me that is a red flag."
Do others agree that reps feel like that?
To me, something like that could be an interesting problem-solving challenge for the manager -- and that's what a manager is for.
But someone responded:
"Most veteran managers aren't like that. I'm sorry, but that's the way it is. Extended Time + Large Portfolio = Excess Baggage."
So basically anyone who's been at this for a while is "damaged goods"... no matter how good they are and no matter how many contests they've won?
That's depressing as hell... And eye-opening...
It suggests that plugging away at contests (even if you keep advancing) is futile as a career strategy.
So what's the solution?
Take the contests off your resume? Change your name? Hire a front?
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