Re: [BLOG] "What I learned as an intern at ICM" and other nuggets from Christopher Lockhart's blog


"Towse" <self@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Christopher Lockhart, Executive Story Editor at ICM, has a blog:
<http://twoadverbs.blogspot.com/index.html>

The latest entry on Lockhart's blog is written not by Lockhart but by
Terrence Loose, who is getting his MFA in screenwriting from UCLA. Terry's
writes about his experience as an intern at ICM.

Worth a read.

Two-adverbs is always worth a read.

As indeed is http://www.pillockspad.blogspot.com




<http://twoadverbs.blogspot.com/2007/03/outsider-comes-inside.html>

"I went to International Creative Management (ICM), one of the three
biggest and busiest agencies for talent in Hollywood, to cover, or read
and evaluate, scripts as an intern ? a lower position than the guy who
pushes the mop in the men's room.

As such, I fully expected to be dropped into a scene from Swimming With
Sharks. I pictured a Kevin Spacey-like character throwing volume 10
tirades ? and coffee cups ? at cowering, confused assistants. And me.

But that's not what I encountered. In fact, while everyone at ICM is
buzzing with energy, drinks much too much coffee, sees much too little
sunlight and, except for the mail boy and janitor, wears a telephone
headset,' [...]

--
Sal

Ye olde swarm of links: thousands of links for writers, researchers and
the terminally curious <http://writers.internet-resources.com>


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