Pitching Your Book for Film and TV with Entertainment Attorney and Author Maggie Marr

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Episode 116 / Do you want to pitch your books to Hollywood for film or television? Entertainment attorney Maggie Marr is here to share insight on how to find and vet and entertainment attorney. Plus she shares tips on negotiation as well as why now is a good time to delve into screenwriting, if you’ve always wanted to adapt your novel.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Intro links:</span> <a href= "https://www.inkerscon.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">InkersCon</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- Jami and Sara will be in Dallas in June. Connect in the </span> <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/304647074240099/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">WIKT Facebook group</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">if you’ll be there.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show notes:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why you never finish learning as an author</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Lessons learned around branding and genre hopping</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How factors beyond your control (pandemic, economic downturn)  may impact a book release</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why everything Maggie does comes back to story</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why authors need an entertainment attorney</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to vet a literary or entertainment attorney</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why negotiation is a good thing and why authors need to overcome their fear of negotiating </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why film and TV adaptations require the author t