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Here's the deal with agents, and it sucks.
If you don't have an agent, you can't get an agent. These people live in a closed circle that is intentionally exclusive in order to justify the very existance of the position. You simply have to know somebody to get in...that or sell a spec screenplay and they'll come after you.
Finding an agent is the second hardest thing to do as a writer, just behind selling a spec script.
The best way to get going is to enter screenplay competitions. It is how I landed my first manager (had a few) and a manager can get you an agent.
Focus on your craft and write a cool story that you would like to see as a movie. Allow your passion for the material to leap off the page. Do this and the suits will come after you.
Chasing an agent reeks of desperation and Hollywood hates desperate.
Yeah, I'll read your vampire story. Is it posted on the site?
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"Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies."
Earl of Chesterfield
"A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well."
Francis Bacon
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