Re: Best spec agent
I'm confused by all of this. The guy wants to write specs. Leave him alone and let him write specs.
Sure, there are fewer specs purchased than assignments assigned. So what? First of all, spec sales typically get newer writers more $ than assignments. Secondly, *he doesn't want to write assignments*.
Okay?
So let the guy write what he wants to write. If he changes his mind when someone offers him a great gig, then he'll change his mind.
All he asked was, "Who are good agents for writers who spec?"
Personally, I think the best spec agents are the agents representing writers with great specs. Simple as that. I don't think there's any magic to certain guys. I know there are some who portray themselves as "spec specialists," but a great piece of material is going to sell, particularly when it's paired up with talent prior to being sent out.
With that in mind, I would strongly advise parlaying whatever success you've enjoyed to date into representation at WME or CAA if at all possible.
And if I were an agent, and I found a writer who was really good, and who was capable of delivering me one terrific piece of sellable original material per year, I would sign him in a heartbeat. Frankly, it's less work for me. I go out with a script once a year, I try and getting a bidding war going, hopefully I sell it, and then I sit around on my ass until the guy comes back a year later with another one.
That's way easier than knocking on doors and begging for the kind of dinky rewrites and "maybe possibly who knows?" meetings on behalf of newer clients who aren't generating new IP.
In conclusion, I agree with the crazy guy.
I'm confused by all of this. The guy wants to write specs. Leave him alone and let him write specs.
Sure, there are fewer specs purchased than assignments assigned. So what? First of all, spec sales typically get newer writers more $ than assignments. Secondly, *he doesn't want to write assignments*.
Okay?
So let the guy write what he wants to write. If he changes his mind when someone offers him a great gig, then he'll change his mind.
All he asked was, "Who are good agents for writers who spec?"
Personally, I think the best spec agents are the agents representing writers with great specs. Simple as that. I don't think there's any magic to certain guys. I know there are some who portray themselves as "spec specialists," but a great piece of material is going to sell, particularly when it's paired up with talent prior to being sent out.
With that in mind, I would strongly advise parlaying whatever success you've enjoyed to date into representation at WME or CAA if at all possible.
And if I were an agent, and I found a writer who was really good, and who was capable of delivering me one terrific piece of sellable original material per year, I would sign him in a heartbeat. Frankly, it's less work for me. I go out with a script once a year, I try and getting a bidding war going, hopefully I sell it, and then I sit around on my ass until the guy comes back a year later with another one.
That's way easier than knocking on doors and begging for the kind of dinky rewrites and "maybe possibly who knows?" meetings on behalf of newer clients who aren't generating new IP.
In conclusion, I agree with the crazy guy.
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