writers needed to turn to someone

作家需要向其他人求助
else who wasn't going to pressure them to follow the market,

那些不会受迫于紧跟市场潮流压力的人
and agents came to have a role.

于是就有了代理商
Now, it's interesting.

很有趣
There is yet a third role that has just begun to emerge

已经有第三方出现在这个结构中了
in this structure, and that is of the coach, the writing coach:

就是写作指导如果你想当作家的话
so you can now pay big bucks, if you're a writer,

交上巨额的学费就行了
to have someone who will call you up every week and say,

每周都会有人提醒你说
"Hey, how's the book going?

"书写的怎么样了
Let's talk about your ideas.

让我们谈谈你的想法
Are you writing today?"

今天你有写书没"
It used to be that agents took that kind of active role.

以前经纪人会充当这类的角色