tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post5322689987309308351..comments2023-10-15T05:01:43.528-07:00Comments on Bamboo Killers: Rep Relationships: Outsourced Post #3Emily Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-76410851675783718402014-03-10T20:26:11.771-07:002014-03-10T20:26:11.771-07:00Correction. I meant Allan Loeb... always get tho...Correction. I meant Allan Loeb... always get those names confused.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117955244109045919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-42605636459842454722014-03-10T20:25:03.776-07:002014-03-10T20:25:03.776-07:00In case, you're curious, I found a couple of a...In case, you're curious, I found a couple of articles on money and screenwriting. It was a little surprising. I've read about these huge spec sales and even some of the internal documents that circulate in agencies, so expected the amounts to be higher. Alan Ball bought a 4 million dollar apartment!:<br /><br />http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/average-salary-screenwriters-first-script-15061.html<br /><br />http://johnaugust.com/2008/money-101-for-screenwritersPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117955244109045919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-31503524537587711262014-03-10T19:57:42.098-07:002014-03-10T19:57:42.098-07:00I'm deathly afraid of writing assignments. At...I'm deathly afraid of writing assignments. At least with specs, it's your idea and you can choose when you're ready to show it. I'd be afraid of not being able to meet the deadline and delivering a good script. I am curious as to how managers hold the clients hand through those hoops.Nasa Enthusiasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14055330598256133024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-46565863830911220272014-03-10T17:14:43.715-07:002014-03-10T17:14:43.715-07:00Not necessarily. Assignments are the bread and but...Not necessarily. Assignments are the bread and butter of most writers' careers, so many writers land assignments as their first paid gig.<br /><br />As for pay - if it's a WGA signatory production, you get paid according to guild minimums, and as your star rises, so does your pay. All you need to know is here: http://wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=1027<br /><br />If it's non-WGA, the pay varies quite a bit.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-67192905099567510402014-03-10T17:02:24.191-07:002014-03-10T17:02:24.191-07:00Nice job guys. I'm glad I stumbled onto this ...Nice job guys. I'm glad I stumbled onto this site. Someone should write an entire book on this subject. Books only give a chapter or a cursory treatment to the subject.<br /><br />I wonder how much writing assignments pay. I'm guessing that's probably years into a writer's career.Nasa Enthusiasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14055330598256133024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-2328926907573404792014-03-10T16:31:15.732-07:002014-03-10T16:31:15.732-07:00My apologies for the clarity issue, Paul. The two ...My apologies for the clarity issue, Paul. The two writers who answered the question in this post are not the same two from the first post. I will edit this post to make that clearer.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-86855177512709292232014-03-10T14:21:08.556-07:002014-03-10T14:21:08.556-07:00Thanks Emily for putting the time in on this. I k...Thanks Emily for putting the time in on this. I know that a lot of people have benefited from this trilogy as I saw some posts on that other forum talking about it...Like the Return of the Jedi, .this one really goes out with a bang. Many newbies just take the first rep that responds favorably to their script, so this trilogy is really terrific food for thought!<br /><br />Writer #1, you actually brought up a very good point--and really one of the main reasons behind my original question: <br /><br />"Will this agent/manager work hard for you, not just in five minutes, but in five years? Because ideally, that's what these partnerships will be: long term ones." <br /><br />That's one of the biggest fears really....there are inevitably going to be highs and lows, so your rep is the last thing you want to worry about. Figuring out who would stick by you is probably the number one question. The other really great point was about collaboration. I was always curious about how that process works. Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />Great advice, writer #2. Thanks for going the extra mile and being super nice with the advice. You not only contributed to two different segments, but also went even further by answering questions personally. <br /><br />Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117955244109045919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-86255589871209142382014-03-10T12:27:42.111-07:002014-03-10T12:27:42.111-07:00Oh boy, another segment, what a treat!
By the w...Oh boy, another segment, what a treat! <br /><br />By the way, I love that all these baby kittens are getting into the biz as agents and screenwriters, haha. They're getting in younger and younger these days.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117955244109045919noreply@blogger.com