Post 13
Cr 2014
By Darrell J Banks
Why is Hollywood so selective?  Like most insulated businesses, they maintain the status quo.  Did new coke work? Pepsi One, bar b q Fritos. Well, the bbq Fritos worked.  So why does Hollywood, use the same law firms, publicists, writers, directors etc.   Is it raw talent, connections, what exactly is it?

As an outside writer, I can only say the wall is high and maybe the cost is too high to join Hollywood’s elite.  While I may have high profile twitter followers and facebook friends, the wall has remained impassable.  I would say I lack talent, but so many have said I do. So if you cannot obtain a high profile agent without a referral, and you cannot get your material into the hands of a producer without the high profile agent what is a writer to do?
I do not have an answer. So I just write.  I am still revising the first twenty pages of my film book and in the interim, I wrote another short story. It is up to about 1500 words. Now back in the day when you had mystery magazines you might get .05 cents to .03 cents per word so if you gave up your first North American serial rights.  You might get fifty dollars to 75 dollars for a lot of work, research and editing or a few hundred for a kill fee. Things have changed.

Now a days we have Kindle you give up a lot more 75 percent more. Your see the difference 75 for eternal rights to a publisher or 75 percent to retain your copyright for storage space a cover and well collecting your money. Now when I last checked I sold two, yep that is two short stories at 1.50. Can we say I am dropping the price soon (today)?  For this new short story, I will start at .50 cents and see how sales proceed.  My strategy, perhaps some producer will like the story line and buy it.  Which is another strategy to get a high profile agent without a referral? Wish me luck.