Agents...

lets say i want to get representation. how do i go about it?please keep in mind i'm from the UK, a londoner to be exact. My target is Hollywood so British Agent or US one?

also is there a initial fee that the Agents try to milk from us to get their representation?

whats their cut if it is sold?

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IF you can go for a hollywood agent.

And if that agent asks for a fee upright leave him. Agents get paid when you get paid. Remeber that.

However I don't know what it is for screenwriters but for actors agents get 15 percent of the cut some really high end ones get 20 percent.

forget the agents

i'd worry more about creating a body of work and excellent pages than trying to chum the waters for an agent

Re: forget the agents

thanx des.

Sty?

The pages you posted, are those going out to market for reads? I would say the larger commodity, over and above the writing part is developing contacts and people that can give a quality read and maybe even pass your work up the food chain or introduce you to their pipeline. I question why anyone would be in such a rush to send their work out and roll the dice with subpar pages.

Anyhow - go get those agents, they love exposition, otn dialogue, wandering storylines, and talking heads. Sending out half baked pages can do a lot more harm than good.