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How to Get a Literary Agent

Screenwriters, novelists, and nonfiction book authors: Get represented!

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How to Get a Literary Agent

WHEN:
Thursday, Oct. 12, 6:45-9:45 p.m.

WHERE:
offices of mediabistro.com
West Hollywood, Calif.

MORE INFO
Email us, or call (310) 659-5668.

PRICE
$65 ($50 for )
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Course Details

Here are insights about literary agents from the writer's point of view--including inside info that agents dare not speak aloud. You'll learn about networking, ideal modes for approaching a variety of agents and most importantly, a realistic idea of how to get an agent, what an agent should do, and what to do when you, as the client, are simply not being served.

In this seminar you can expect to learn:

  • About postal query letters vs. e-mail queries
  • What agents want to know about you
  • What agents can't tell you but you must know
  • How to research information about agents
  • True stories of success and failure

Instructor Bio

Brad Schreiber's Courses

How to Get a Literary Agent – Los Angeles (Seminar on September 22)

Brad Schreiber
Brad Schreiber is the author of What Are You Laughing At?: How to Write Funny Screenplays, Stories and More (Michael Wiese) and the best-selling Guinness Book parody Weird Wonders and Bizarre Blunders (Simon and Schuster). His arts and culture column "Development Hell" has been running in L.A. weekly newspaper Entertainment Today for 10 years and he has also written for Daily Variety, The Los Angeles Times, and has won awards from the National Press Foundation, the Edward Albee Foundation, the California Writers Club and other organizations. Brad is Vice President of Storytech Literary Consulting, founded by Christopher Vogler, and teaches at writers' conferences in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Currently, he is Consulting Producer on the Court TV series North Mission Road, inspired by his book on the L.A. Coroner, Death in Paradise. In the past, Schreiber has been a writer-producer and executive for KCET-TV (PBS) and head of development for film/TV director Jonathan Kaplan. He has also written for the stage, radio, television, magazines, Web sites, and once had to write for a national phone line called Dial-An-Insult but is not particularly proud of that.

Testimonials


I can say, without a doubt, that my agency is more creative and innovative as a result of [Brad's] efforts. He is both inspired and inspiring, a complete human warehouse wielding literary tools and insight that may well change your life. -- Roberta Graham, President/CEO, Bernholz and Graham Public Relations


"My re-entry into the writing trade was accelerated by Brad Schreiber, who has the gifted ability to instill confidence in other writers based on his thorough understanding of all of the elements of good story telling, combined with an insightful, analytic talent and an abundance of patience and humor." -- Ron Walashek, writer

Here's what industry experts have said about Brad's book What Are You Laughing At: How to Write Funny Screenplays, Stories and More...

"At last. A how-to book by someone who actually knows how to." -- Larry Gelbart, creator-writer, M*A*S*H, screenwriter, Tootsie

"Do not buy this book. Do not read this book. Refuse to accept this book if given to you. I have enough competition." -- Jim Kouf, screenwriter, Rush Hour

"Wise, witty and wonderful. A great book." -- Raynold Gideon & Bruce A. Evans, screenwriter-producers, Stand by Me, Jungle 2 Jungl

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