How to Manage Your Agent

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title Page
4. Copyright Page
5. Dedication
6. Table of Contents
7. Introduction
8. Author’s Note
9. Part I: Represent!
   1. 1. No Vocation Without Representation
   2. 2. Types of Representation
   3. 3. Anatomy of an Agency—How Agencies Make Money, and How This Affects You
   4. 4. The Life of an Agent
10. Part II: Television Agents
    1. 5. A Quick Overview of the TV Business
    2. 6. Staffing Season—How Agents Help Clients Get Hired
    3. 7. Development Season—Selling Your Own TV Show . . . and Beyond
11. Part III: Feature Agents
    1. 8. A Quick Overview of the Feature Business
    2. 9. Original Material—Specs and Pitches
    3. 10. Writers-for-Hire—Open Assignments and Rewrites
12. Part IV: Digital Media
    1. 11. Navigating a New World
13. Part V: You and Your Agent
    1. 12. Finding Representation
    2. 13. Working with Your Representation
    3. 14. Parting Ways with Your Representation
    4. 15. Networking in Hollywood
    5. 16. The Best Place to Begin Your Hollywood Career
14. Part VI: Appendices
    1. Appendix One: Glossary
    2. Appendix Two: Agency Contact Info and Resources
    3. Appendix Three: Websites, Blogs, Twitter Feeds, and Podcasts
    4. Appendix Four: Periodicals, Books, and Scripts
15. Acknowledgments
16. Notes
17. Index