I just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this. I sent a query letter to a manager and got an email back from the legal department of his company stating that they do not accept unsolicited requests. They only take submissions from agent or lawyers who they have working relationships with. I was aware of this policy when it came to just sending material to someone, but never had this happened when sending just a query letter. Rules are rules, but this was a new one for me.
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Originally posted by ricther View PostI just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this. I sent a query letter to a manager and got an email back from the legal department of his company stating that they do not accept unsolicited requests. They only take submissions from agent or lawyers who they have working relationships with. I was aware of this policy when it came to just sending material to someone, but never had this happened when sending just a query letter. Rules are rules, but this was a new one for me.
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It means they don't want unsolicited queries unless they like the idea.
I had a similar legal dept response from Fox followed minutes later by a request for the script.TimeStorm & Blurred Vision Book info & blog: https://stormingtime.com//
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Don't be deterred. I'm sure I've had hundreds of these. It's standard practice at agencies (of course) and at management companies that like to think of themselves as elite. But if you send them a query tomorrow (I'd suggest a slightly different one, however!) they might ask for the script.
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Originally posted by ricther View PostI guess. It just caught me off guard. I was like whoa, I can't query anymore. That would suck."Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy b/c you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say." -- Edward Snowden
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Originally posted by JoeBanks View PostDepends on the company/agency. I've seen CAA go to the trouble of sending back query letters in priority mail envelopes, unopened.
And again, please correct me if I'm wrong, but 'email blasts' from services that query hundreds (thousands?) of agencies/companies for you in one shot, for a $100+ fee, are probably recognized for what they are by the recipient and probably trashed immediately. Or am I overthinking this?
[Puhhleeease no replies from said services, thank you anyway....]
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