Finding My People: A basement-level writer's take on the WGA and ATA
I’m a WGA member and I didn’t have to leave my agent this week, because I don’t have one. And I think the story of why I don’t currently have one says something about why the Guild has merit to take on the ATA. After graduating college in ’06 with a screenwriting degree, my first impulse was to get an agent. That was literally the first question I asked people who were willing to dole out advice: how do I get an agent? Turns out, the simplest way is to sell something. That so