A just did a quick google search for the name "Wuliger" and the word "screenwriting" since I’d mentioned him in my blog yesterday, and I wondered if people who read the blog could find out who he is since I hadn’t listed his first name.
A link to a website for Alexandra Sokoloff, who has written works of fiction, plays, and screenplays and is one of Frank Wuliger's clients, appeared in the search with the words: “My agent, Frank Wuliger, has been kind enough to let me audit his class at USC.”
The wow is because I'd taken the USC class the first time Professor Wuliger taught it. I sent emails to him during the semester with random thoughts and ideas.
The wow is because I'd taken the USC class the first time Professor Wuliger taught it. I sent emails to him during the semester with random thoughts and ideas.
He lectured about the realities of the business--that if his clients don't produce marketable work he works with them for two or more years and then he has no choice but to fire them. He hates doing this yet it's nothing personal, it's the business.
During his class and in a meeting I had at Paradigm we were told, "It's not going to be like this when you have an agent—they will not be able to spend hours talking with you."
What a semester that was! Our class had many more hours learning from a partner in an agency about the differences between agencies, how to work with agents and managers, how to succeed and how to continue to succeed as screenwriters than his clients—what incredible access we had, three hours a week for maybe 14 weeks.
In one of my emails to Frank, I mentioned that he was giving us guidance taken from his years of experience about what to do and not to do on every level, from writing to pitching in meetings to how to talk to agents and managers and more—and because agents don't have time to spend hours with each client giving them this information, it might change his clients’ careers and their lives if they were able to take his course.
So once again, Wow. He told our class several times that he wasn't sure if he wanted to teach the course again (it is a huge commitment) but he did, and I learned yesterday that he invited at least one of his clients to take his class (she is successful and has written about the class and how much she has benefited from additional insight into the business of screenwriting).
Here's her web page--she also has helpful info for screenwriters: http://bit.ly/kcXMHR
Sooo cool!
Sooo cool!
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