I have no idea how people think of literary agents. Truthfully, I don't think they think of them very often.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Having a literary agent makes a huge difference in submitting work. My agent has access and tremendous passion.
Probably because I really love this bookmaking and storytelling world, I'd been thinking for years about the possibility of becoming a literary agent.
Publishers, editors, agents all have one thing in common, aside from their love of cocktail parties. It's an incredible taste and an ability to find and nurture authors.
It's one thing to be talented, but the other thing is connections - with agents, with people; that's what makes a difference, and from the beginning, I've had wonderful representation.
The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are.
The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it.
Normally you read a screenplay - and I read a lot of them - and the characters don't feel like people. They feel like plot devices or cliches or stereotypes.
As a writer, I always think about who my prototype actors are, in my brain. It's helpful, as a writer, to think about that.
I always thought of myself as a kind of literary bureaucrat. And that was never going to be enough for me.
I think poets are much more dramatic, more theatrical than fiction writers.
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