If you are a writer that’s trying to get your scripts read for potential representation you must first be your own best agent.
Be bold in sharing your work and ideas with others.
Fearing exposure of your ideas and stories is counterproductive, and there’s enough electronic paths of communication to establish exposure of a project with someone soliciting it, or with whom you’re following up with after a conversation.
Our industry is a brain-trust, and there is definitely a collective consciousness that connects ideas and subjects between creatives, inspired independently, as we all search and conceptualize what is marketable for audiences.
Just get professionals to know your work, what you create, and soon the opportunities will find their way to you. Pay for professional coverage so that you know your script(s) are in the best possible shape for reviewing. The worst first impression is when your script has typos and/or misspellings.
Do your research on The Blacklist, Inktip, Stage 32, Coverfly, and others as well as festivals for screenwriters to submit to as ways to get your work seen.
When more people know your work and your talent, it’s easier for an agent or manager to send your material out. When you can deliver your own deal to a Literary Rep you’re considering to team up with, you’ll have overcome the catch-22 as a new writer.
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Great points, Tammy Hunt! Back when I had a manager, I was pitching scripts and looking for jobs. I didn't say "I have a manager, so I'm gonna sit back and relax."