The State of Hollywood Right Now — A Manager’s Honest Assessment

By Raquelle David, Founder of New Story Entertainment, Literary Manager & Producer

I started my career as a literary manager in Los Angeles in 2016. Nothing prepared me for the last six years.

Without exaggeration it has been the most brutal stretch I have witnessed in my career — and I have witnessed a lot. I have watched colleagues leave the business entirely. Agents and managers I have known for years — people I respected, people wh…