https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/publishing/traditional-publishing/w/agents/1733/what-agents-managers-look-for-in-a-client---articleen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/publishing/traditional-publishing/w/agents/1733/what-agents-managers-look-for-in-a-client---articleSun, 26 Feb 2017 11:32:07 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:e6e95d72-5b86-485f-a469-dc2c2bedf11aLuke Sandlerhttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/publishing/traditional-publishing/w/agents/1733/what-agents-managers-look-for-in-a-client---article#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Agents by Luke Sandler on 2/26/2017 11:32:07 AM<br /> <p>The reason I like being at Gotham is that our philosophy is about working with content creators, people who are coming up with original ideas. The clients I really enjoy working with are the ones who regularly (sometimes daily, sometimes weekly, sometimes monthly) come in and say, &ldquo;Here&rsquo;s an idea I have.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s not always a fully fleshed out idea. Sometimes it&rsquo;s just an article the client found interesting, and he or she wants to figure out how to make a movie out of it. I love clients who are inquisitive and constantly coming to me with ideas. Of course, they aren&rsquo;t always good ideas. The best relationships I have with clients are the ones where I&rsquo;m able to say, &ldquo;God, that&rsquo;s a stupid idea. What were you thinking? Let&rsquo;s move on to something else.&rdquo; Then we can go back and forth about the idea, and because it&rsquo;s just an idea&mdash;not a fully developed project&mdash;the stakes are fairly low, so we can change things and brainstorm as much as we want.</p> <p>The least pleasant experiences I&rsquo;ve had with clients have happened when clients have gone off and done a lot of work on something in a vacuum without bouncing the idea off anyone first. Usually if clients do this, it&rsquo;s because they feel they need to come in with a fully fleshed out treatment or simply want to write by themselves. Many people work very successfully that way, but it&rsquo;s always a slightly different kind of relationship than if I&rsquo;ve been involved in the creative process.</p> <p>Part of the reason I like people to bounce ideas off of me is that at Gotham, the best version of an idea may not be a screenplay. It could be a video game. It could be a graphic novel. It could be a toy line. If a client comes to me early in the process, then as a manager, I can help translate his or her idea into the medium where it&rsquo;s most likely to be commercially successful.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: article, fiction, Nonfiction</div> https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/publishing/traditional-publishing/w/agents/1733/what-agents-managers-look-for-in-a-client---article/revision/2Fri, 30 Dec 2016 01:06:11 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:e6e95d72-5b86-485f-a469-dc2c2bedf11aLuke Sandlerhttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/publishing/traditional-publishing/w/agents/1733/what-agents-managers-look-for-in-a-client---article#commentsRevision 2 posted to Agents by Luke Sandler on 12/30/2016 1:06:11 AM<br /> <p>The reason I like being at Gotham is that our philosophy is about working with content creators, people who are coming up with original ideas. The clients I really enjoy working with are the ones who regularly (sometimes daily, sometimes weekly, sometimes monthly) come in and say, &ldquo;Here&rsquo;s an idea I have.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s not always a fully fleshed out idea. Sometimes it&rsquo;s just an article the client found interesting, and he or she wants to figure out how to make a movie out of it. I love clients who are inquisitive and constantly coming to me with ideas. Of course, they aren&rsquo;t always good ideas. The best relationships I have with clients are the ones where I&rsquo;m able to say, &ldquo;God, that&rsquo;s a stupid idea. What were you thinking? Let&rsquo;s move on to something else.&rdquo; Then we can go back and forth about the idea, and because it&rsquo;s just an idea&mdash;not a fully developed project&mdash;the stakes are fairly low, so we can change things and brainstorm as much as we want.</p> <p>The least pleasant experiences I&rsquo;ve had with clients have happened when clients have gone off and done a lot of work on something in a vacuum without bouncing the idea off anyone first. Usually if clients do this, it&rsquo;s because they feel they need to come in with a fully fleshed out treatment or simply want to write by themselves. Many people work very successfully that way, but it&rsquo;s always a slightly different kind of relationship than if I&rsquo;ve been involved in the creative process.</p> <p>Part of the reason I like people to bounce ideas off of me is that at Gotham, the best version of an idea may not be a screenplay. It could be a video game. It could be a graphic novel. It could be a toy line. If a client comes to me early in the process, then as a manager, I can help translate his or her idea into the medium where it&rsquo;s most likely to be commercially successful.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: article, fiction, Nonfiction</div> https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/publishing/traditional-publishing/w/agents/1733/what-agents-managers-look-for-in-a-client---article/revision/1Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:e6e95d72-5b86-485f-a469-dc2c2bedf11aLuke Sandlerhttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/publishing/traditional-publishing/w/agents/1733/what-agents-managers-look-for-in-a-client---article#commentsRevision 1 posted to Agents by Luke Sandler on 12/14/2016 12:00:00 AM<br /> <p>The reason I like being at Gotham is that our philosophy is about working with content creators, people who are coming up with original ideas. The clients I really enjoy working with are the ones who regularly (sometimes daily, sometimes weekly, sometimes monthly) come in and say, “Here’s an idea I have.” It’s not always a fully fleshed out idea. Sometimes it’s just an article the client found interesting, and he or she wants to figure out how to make a movie out of it. I love clients who are inquisitive and constantly coming to me with ideas. Of course, they aren’t always good ideas. The best relationships I have with clients are the ones where I’m able to say, “God, that’s a stupid idea. What were you thinking? Let’s move on to something else.” Then we can go back and forth about the idea, and because it’s just an idea—not a fully developed project—the stakes are fairly low, so we can change things and brainstorm as much as we want. </p> <p>The least pleasant experiences I’ve had with clients have happened when clients have gone off and done a lot of work on something in a vacuum without bouncing the idea off anyone first. Usually if clients do this, it’s because they feel they need to come in with a fully fleshed out treatment or simply want to write by themselves. Many people work very successfully that way, but it’s always a slightly different kind of relationship than if I’ve been involved in the creative process.</p> <p>Part of the reason I like people to bounce ideas off of me is that at Gotham, the best version of an idea may not be a screenplay. It could be a video game. It could be a graphic novel. It could be a toy line. If a client comes to me early in the process, then as a manager, I can help translate his or her idea into the medium where it’s most likely to be commercially successful.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: article, fiction, Nonfiction</div>