Record Keeping


[Here is one way to keep records.]

                                     DATES                   RESULTS/NOTES
TITLE OF SCRIPT             QUERY/TO       SCRIPT SENT

The Senator's Wife          6/6/97                             7/20/97/Pass
                            Alpha Prod                      Welcomes future
                                                                 pitches

The Senator's Wife          6/6/97           6/15/97
                            Beta Prod


The Senator's Wife          6/6/97           6/11/97            7/15/97/Pass
                            Gamma Prod                           No comment

The Senator's Wife          6/6/97                               6/17/97
                            Delta Prod                            Returned
                                                                 Out of biz

The Senator's Wife          6/6/97                                6/11/97
                            Epsilon Prod                           Phoned
                                                                   Nice chat
                                                              with Tom Brown
                                                                 Send future
                                                                    pitches

This gives you an indication of the kind of thing you might put together. There also are a wide variety of data-keeping software programs that can be used for this purpose.


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