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(@sirmalibu1)
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I was just asked by WL Screenplay Agency & Management Company to send them a copy of one of my scripts. They appear to be very new and it doesn't seem like a scam. Any feedback would be helpful.

 
Posted : 24/01/2009 11:21 am
(@henry701)
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There are so many scams like these out there, so be careful.

I have never heard of them. It's probably better to do a couple of google searches.

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Posted : 24/01/2009 12:18 pm
(@sirmalibu1)
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Thank you for your reply, I took your advice and did a google search. On preditors and editors they say not recommended.

 
Posted : 24/01/2009 12:41 pm
(@valhurst)
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I've come across them before and yes, they are a scam. I don't think they want to steal your work but they do want you to pay them to do nothing.

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

 
Posted : 24/01/2009 1:50 pm
(@rjschwarz)
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Any agent or management company that asks YOU for money, be that fees to read your screenplay or fees to make copies to send it out, is someone you should be careful about. Agents and management companies make money from selling your screenplay. They get a cut. If they can't sell it they get nothing. If they need money above and beyond that its because they can't survive on selling screenplays and you should be very careful.

Another thing is reviews on the web are notoriously untrustworthy. You don't know if the guy writing the review is a crappy writer who doesn't like that his screenplay couldn't be sold, or if he's the ex-boyfriend of the agent or a 12 year old who gets his kicks being snarky and mean on the internet so judge the reviewer as well as the reviews themselves.

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Posted : 24/01/2009 2:51 pm
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Originally posted by sirmalibu1
They appear to be very new and it doesn't seem like a scam.


I've heard of them. They are not new and they ARE a scam.

But you know that now.

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Posted : 24/01/2009 9:19 pm
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