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Nick A On Jul 28, 2012 3:32 PM, "Nat Russo" <[email protected]> wrote: > I LOVE bad horror movies :) My wife and I sometimes stay up at night > watching the "chilr" channel. The movies (and often the acting) are so bad > we get a kick out of them. We usually wind up doing a home version of > MST3K while watching them :) > > On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Nick Andrews <[email protected]>wrote: > >> And then, about a million levels below bad there are movies like The >> Grudge, Paranormal Activity and Grave Encounters... >> >> Nick A >> On Jul 28, 2012 12:07 PM, "Raymond Feist" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jul 28, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Paddyjack <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > Ray, >>> > >>> > A weird idea struck me this morning and I thought you may have some >>> > ideas about this. Let's say John has this great idea for a book but >>> > can't even write an Happy Birthday card correctly.... can he sell the >>> > idea to a publisher, or even directly to a writer so that it would be >>> > written by someone else who knows how to do it? It seems to happen for >>> > movies sometimes, and I was wondering if it happens also with books? >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > >>> > PJ >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> You're jamming a lot of stuff into one basket. >>> >>> First, ideas can't be copyrighted. Only the unique expression thereof, >>> so whatever John might dream up, he'd have to be pretty convinced it was >>> something special. >>> >>> OK, so let's say it's a really nifty concept. He could try to find a >>> co-writer, but the fact is, without front money he's not going to find too >>> many pros willing to listen. We need ideas like we need our taxes raised. >>> There are books I want to write I'll never get to, because they'll always >>> be the third or fourth choice of what to do next. If he found a writer, at >>> that point it would be as if he wrote it himself, i.e. finding a publisher >>> and all the rest of that. >>> >>> As for movies, you're probably seeing "Story by" followed by "Screenplay >>> by" someone different. That's a different thing. In screenwriting there's >>> a stage called the "story pitch." So let's say I have a pitch meeting for >>> my movie idea, "Really Nifty Stuff," and they like the idea, but don't like >>> my first draft screenplay. They might buy the idea and hire another writer >>> to do it. So, in short, John would have to be able at least to write a >>> pitch and have a story bible (as it's known in the biz). >>> >>> Really there are no "good" ideas or "bad" ideas in stories. Only good >>> and bad executions of storytelling. >>> >>> Best, R.E.F. >>> ---- >>> www.crydee.com >>> >>> Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by >>> stupidity. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > -- > Sent from my Crappy Laptop (tm) using a poor excuse for a web browser. > >
