I am now represented by Mr. JON BROWN

FableForge — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:53:53 +0000

You know, Jon Brown. Ezequiel's manager. This guy:

http://www.lukeford.net/profiles/pro...

Yup.

He represents me now, as a writer. How did that happen? How did a 30 year old guy who has never set foot on a studio nor a set, who works in something completely unrelated to movies for a living, who's married with three kids and is paying a mortage in another state other than CA, in fact, very fucking FAR away from the City of Angels, how did this guy, and not any of the thousands of single young guns who yearly sell their earthly posessions to go camp somewhere in Santa Monica and devote their every living minute to getting their scripts read by an agent this size... how did -this- guy, and not -them- (at least not yet) get an agent who deals mostly with studio-sized millionarie hollywood productions?

Two reasons:

1.- Because I'm working with a huge producer in a huge project, and this producer called Jon Brown and told him papers shall be signed. That counts for something. And:

2.- Because of Ezequiel, who has been represented by Jon Brown for many years, and put in a good word for me.

But wait, what is the reason behind reason number 1? How did I get this huge producer to work with me in a huge project? Answer: Because Ezequiel introduced us, and Ezequiel works with us in this project; we're doing it together.

And what is the reason behind reason number 2? Why would EZ put in a good word for me, to his manager? Because he thinks I'm good enough. And why is that? Partly because doing stories is my vocation, is my calling in this iteration called life. But greatly because I listened to what he taught me, I listened, and I learned, and I took that raw vocation, and shaped it, sharpened it, got my theory from McKee, and my practice from many EZ projects. Oh, and who introduced me to McKee? I think you get the point by now.

That's what blows my mind a little; the price for all this, all I had to pay for this ticket, was just listen. I just listened to a man who many people dismissed, for their own loss. Sure, I believe some of the things I've done have helped him, but it was never a trade, it was never a quid pro quo agreement; the thing about EZ is, despite having been raised and tempered in one of the harshest, most unforgiving, high-offer-low-demand work markets there is in the world, the guy still teaches for free. 100% for free. All you have to do is listen.

Now look, I'm not saying is easy. See, some of you by now, are probably thinking I'm bragging. And if you think so, then that's exactly how you know you're not listening. That's the filter that many people never got through, and thankfully I did. Lesson number one, that behind everything that sounds like bragging, there's something to be learned. That if you get past that, there's something even deeper just behind, and then something else and then something else; you just have to open your mind and be ready to learn, to put into practice the knowledge given to you, knowledge that was earned from years of experience, from walking the walk. One should never dismiss any content out of hand just because the packaging looks unusual in our world, one must remember Hollywood is an alien planet. Hollywood is like the planet Venus. Beautiful from afar, but it'll melt the flesh off your bones (and then your bones) if you're not prepared.

Anyway, reality check: I'm still living very far away from Hollywood. I still haven't made a dime out of my creative outputs. I'm still capable of making a mistake and nuke it all to hell. So I'm far, far far far from the finish line still; there's much room for me to be humble, most of all there's much room for me to learn. But at the same time, I have to acknowledge now I truly -have- something I did not have before, and is this: if I write a script, someone powerful will read it, and try to sell it. This is a priviledge. For that I'm thankful.

Lets see where it goes from here :)

wannabes

I am now represented by Mr. JON BROWN