Sorry, the writers of this panel description plead ignorance. We've had an agent, we've been approached by managers, we have absolutely no clue what they do. The bleary-eyed insomniacs sitting next to you in the room, scratching their heads and feverishly taking notes...? That'll be us. Audio poor, very hard to hear.

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Just because the script's finished and no one in Hollywood has seen it yet, doesn't necessarily make it a spec. Before someone else will represent your material, you have to. So, you better know the difference between a "spec" and a "writing sample."

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Lawyers use commas as liberally as Faulkner and Melville. When the sentence started you were in Paris, marveling at the magnificence of the Eiffel Tower. Nine or ten run-on clauses later, you finally run into the period, look out the window, and are greeted by downtown Sarajevo. And some of the words they come up with surely can't be English. In order to be an asset to yourself and your representation, you've got to know what it all really says.

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