10 Hollywood Literary Management Companies

(Below is a superb article written and copyrighted (August 8, 2015) by “Industrial Scripts” whose website (https://screenplayscripts.com/) is a wonderful script writer’s resource.)

Figuring out how to get a bona fide literary management company to represent you is complicated, especially if you’re new(ish) to the entertainment industry. Unlike most things, Googling “literary managers” won’t instantly answer your questions. It’s a confusing marketplace, due,

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THE DIRECTING SECRET

“Want to direct?” It’s really not that tough…. Just take it one-step-at-a-time similar to building a house.

With a house you have the blueprint. With a film you have the script.

Now, after you have the blueprint then first get your Foundation. Then get your walls. Then get a roof. Then plumb & wire. Then put in the windows and doors. Building houses ain’t rocket science…

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HOW HOLLYWOOD WORKS: WANT $100,000,000?

Want to Produce a Movie… Need $100 Million?

Then grasp a simple Hollywood concept.

Which is? “It’s called Show Business”…

It is not called “Show Art”.

(“Fox Studios has a payroll of 2,000 employees and investors who demand dividends… Filmmaking is a buisiness.”)

And, if you want $100 million to make a movie,

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THE BEST “FREE” SCREENWRITING PROGRAMS

If all you desire is a properly typed first draft then the below screenwriting programs, at no cost, are superb.

(1st) WRITER DUET: An excellent free software formatting program that allows real-time for collaborative writing.

https://writerduet.com/

(2nd) CELTX: Most commonly used screenwriting program. Has a paid and free version.

https://www.celtx.com/index.html

(“If you use a Free Screenwriting App make sure it (A) re-paginates and (B) helps with dialogue nuances.”)

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2018: PRODUCE OR DIRECT A FEATURE FILM

Want to launch your career by Producing or Directing a profitable Feature Film in 2018?

I’m sure the answer is “Yes”.

Then here is how to start with either a No-Budget, a Micro-Budget, an Ultra Low-Budget, a Low-Budget, a Medium-Budget or a Mega-Budget Feature Film with covering the financing spectrum from as low as $10,000 to as high as $100,000,000 movies… along with the odds-of-success for each.

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WANT TO SELL YOUR SCRIPT?   “Grab the Reader”

In 1980, when I first came to Hollywood, and took four, almost useless, night school courses on Screenwriting, Financing, Dealmaking & Line Producing at UCLA, made a couple of alleged contacts, who’s father’s were heavyweights in the industry; and wrote a couple of scripts, practiced my pitch while, 3 months past and I became very tight for money; and out of necessity stumbled into “reading-for-a-living”.

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SECRET TO HOLLYWOOD AGENTS

The secret to getting a Hollywood Agent is… there is no secret and, no matter how many books you read (google “Samuel French” for books at https://www.samuelfrench.com/bookshops), and they are all good, they’ll tell you about head shots, acting classes, the union, your support team, your monologue, who’s casting, how to get sides, cattle calls & auditioning if an actor and…

(“Jeremy Piven,

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SCREENWRITING FELLOWSHIPS, TV MENTORING PROGRAMS & SCRIPT CONTESTS…Which is Better?

Script Fellowships or TV Mentoring Programs, if truly a paying fellowship (see below), are better than 94% of the Screenwriting Contests.

However, of the 100-150 Screenwriting Contests about 6%, less than 10, are superb that if you win 1st, 2nd or 3rd place, it is almost guaranteed that you will (A) get your script read by the industry, (B) receive purchase agreements (option offers) and (C) be solicited by numerous literary agents for representation and on-going pitch meetings.

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HOLLYWOOD GLASS CEILING: 1st PBS IS DOABLE

Yes, with respect to women, Hollywood is a Glass Ceiling and the way to break through is to approach it not as an Art Form, not as a Cultural Entity, not as a Social Entitlement but for what it is… a business … after all, it’s called “Show Business”.

However, PBS (Public Broadcasting System), which is not Hollywood but a government funded program, supported via under writings,

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PRODUCE A FEATURE FILM: The Odds?

Anyone, yes anyone, can produce, write or direct a feature film if they lose their naivety (It’s called “Show Business”… It is not called “Show Art”) and become realistic.

And, by realistic is meant, accepting that you, as a first-timer, are not a marketable name and neither your mom or dad are marketable names nor are they billionaires with disposable cash.

Further, you have little-to-no experience and probably don’t know how to rent a camera/lens/dolly package,

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