I know a few things about selling stories.
I know a few things about Hollywood.
I know a few things about The Big Ask.
I know a few things about The Original Voice.
I know one thing about an agent’s Ideal Client:
The Ideal Client knows you need to know more than
a few things to be an agent!
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What’s an ideal client?
A Paradox: A wholly unique voice, but with that familiar sound.
An Enigma: A strong artistic compass in the breast pocket, but a trend-wind weather vane on the dashboard.
A Riddler: What’s too long while being too short, too serious while being too silly — titillating enough for 13-year-olds, sexy enough for 30-year-olds, sane enough for 50-year-olds, sweet enough for 70-year-olds?
A puzzler: a team-playing individualist who knows “&” and “and” and how to make a jigsaw sing.
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The ideal client knows deals are born eye to eye, deals are wrought eye to eye and deals are won eye to eye.
Get me eye to eye with you. Seeing is believing.
