THREAD: Obviously, what I look for in a potential client is a great writer. But beyond that, I'm also looking for someone who acts professionally and respectfully. When I arrange for clients to meet with execs, I'm conveying to the exec that this is someone I vouch for. 1/

My clients represent me as much as I represent them. So when writers angrily query me repeatedly, badgering me, demanding to be read, it doesn't give a favorable impression of how they'd represent me. If you want to be taken professionally, then you must act professionally. 2/

Don't treat the people you're querying like we're slot machines and if you pull the lever enough times, then money will spill out. I'm also not a teacher, paid to reply to all student emails and dispense advice upon demand. That's not what I do. 3/

Honestly, behavior like this is why most people don't respond to queries whatsoever. Just because we've spoken on Twitter doesn't convey responsibility for me to respond or read your script. 4/

I understand people are told that you must do ANYTHING and everything to get people to read you. But that's not true. You have to act professionally and respectfully. How you act now conveys how you WOULD act if someone was to work with you. 5/

Ergo, if you act impulsively and unprofessionally now, you'd likely do the same (or worse) if a manager was to represent you. And you might pull the same unprofessional behavior with any execs that I introduce you to. I've had it happen before. That client was dropped. 6/

Behavior like this is how people end up texting me, calling me, Facebook/LinkedIn/Instagram messaging me. How they end up showing up at my office, demanding a meeting. And it's not professional, respectful, or constructive. Nothing good has ever come from it. 7/

When I was first starting out as an intern, the VP of the company I interned at came back from lunch to find someone had slipped into her office and put their spec script on her desk. She was furious, throwing the script out in the hallway. 8/

She felt her privacy had been violated and she was absolutely correct. That writer thought it'd be a cool "how I got in the door" story. They were wrong. Instead, it was a cautionary tale of how writers can sometimes trample norms and people's privacy for their own desires. 9/

The majority of emails (and tweets) I get are respectful. But I feel, unfortunately, that sometimes the idea of acting professionally gets lost in the incredible rush to get people to read your scripts BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY! 10/

You're dealing with people at the end of the day. Not just a faceless email address. Please remember that and act accordingly. And know that the people on the other end of those queries are paying attention to how you act and judging it accordingly. END