Hollywood Insider Help by Nancy Fulton

Topics covered in this interview include:

• How writers should approach literary agents and how to find the agents most appropriate for their work.
• What fiction and non-fiction writers should have in hand before they reach out to an agent about their work.
• What an author platform is and why writers should start building one before they approach agents.
• How authors can work with an agent most effectively.
• Whether screenwriters who want to author print books should mention their work in creating film and television content.
• How self-publishing on Amazon can be part of building author platform.
• Three kinds of author/agent relationships, and the one you most want to build.
• How to know when an agent/author relationship isn't working and how to legally, professionally, and comfortably let an agent go.
• The work you need to do in order to be able to support your career (appearances, blogging, creating more content to sell, etc)
• How to approach your agent about opportunities or publishers you'd like your agent to pursue.

This is an excellent interview for you to listen to if you are currently looking for a literary agent, or you have an agent but the relationship doesn't seem to be working well for you.

About Megan Close Zavala

Megan Close Zavala is a literary agent at Keller Media. Her passion lies not only in getting great books published, but in working closely with the authors who write them. Nothing is more exciting than a great new idea or story!

A bibliophile for as long as she can remember, Megan has found her dream job working in the world of publishing. Prior to her agenting career, Megan read, reviewed, edited, rejected and selected thousands of book and script projects for agencies, film companies and publishing companies. She uses her background in entertainment and legal affairs in negotiating the best deals for her clients and in helping them think outside of the box.

While she represents books in all genres, she is currently most interested in the following genres: Self-Help, Relationships, Pop Culture, Pop Psychology, Parenting, Management, Career, Entrepreneurship, Business, Personal Finance, and Fiction (especially Crime, Mystery/Suspense, and Literary).

Note, Megan represents books but not screenplays. If you have a book that would make a good movie after publication, she can work to sell those rights, but she's not the right agent for a screenwriter who wants to sell a script to Hollywood.

Some of her clients include:

Mark O’Connell, prolific film and television writer: https://www.amazon.com/Close-Encounters-Man-World-Believe/dp/0062484176

Natalie McCain, photographer and body image thought leader: https://www.amazon.com/Honest-Body-Project-Untouched-Portraits/dp/1510720936

It is impossible to run a profitable business or build a successful career if you don't know how to deal with difficult people. You'll encounter them as partners, customers, co-workers, and employees. Failure to correctly identify them early, and resolve the issues they present correctly, can derail your career or business completely, or even land you in legal hot water.

This guide helps you figure out how to analyze and approach problematic people in a way that protects you and your work going forward.

If you are struggling to find work in Hollywood, this resource will help. Thereisa culture you have to understand in order to thrive

You will learn:How to find paying work, how to prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you are great at what you do so you can float to the top of your profession, how to persuasively ask for a job and get it.how to avoid getting burned by users, abusers, and incompetent people who don't know what they are doing and find out about mistakes people make that make them permanently unemployable. Finally you'll learn the surest way to ensure you can make a good living doing what you want to do.

You can find an 8 page workbook that supports this lecture at NancyFultonVideos.com.

Dr. Sean Young, is aUCLA Medical Schoolprofessor, and executive director or the UCLA Center forDigital Behavior, and the University of CaliforniaInstitute for Prediction Technologywill discuss how to stick with the changes that will help you achieve your personal and professional objectives. His research has receivedmore than $10M in fundingfrom organizations likeThe National Institutes of Health,Facebook, andIntel, and well asleading hospitals.

In this interview he discusses what he's learned about how people, and businesses, can change their own behavior and the behavior of others.

As an agent at William Morris and CAA, Marc Pariser represented leading writers, directors, producers, production companies, comedians, actors, executives, and two past WGA Presidents while enjoying is his own extremely successful 25+ year career.

In this interview he discusses what it takes to get a good agent or manager to represent you. You'll learn what they need to see, how to approach them, and what not to say and do.

You can learn more about Marc Pariser on his website at MarcPariser.com and more about Writer/Producer Nancy Fulton on her website for writers, screenwriter, producers, and other creative minds at NancyFultonMeetups.com

It's completely possible to spend many years and many thousands of dollars working to produce a film that never gets made. You can also struggle to get a film made only to discover you've just purchased an expensive legal and financial nightmare for your family.

There's an order in which things must be done in order for a film to be a successful creative, professional, and financial endeavor.

Christina Jo Leigh is a working producer and active line producer who has helped many projects go from script to screen. In this interview she helps new filmmakers understand how to build a project from the ground up.