You don't like visionaries and want just to steal their ideas. They did
well to make you sign an NDA before accepting the interview ;)
(The idea is more often than not a variation on latest success they
heart about).
--
Jean-Marc
On 29/07/2012 17:13, Nat Russo wrote:
I don't know (yet) if it's the same in the publishing world, but I can
speak about the software development world: You have a significant
number of people who consider themselves "idea guys". This typically
translates to "I hate actual work/I'm not competent enough to actually
execute what I'm imagining/I'm a prima donna" or some such. I love
hearing "I'm more of an idea guy" when I'm interviewing job
candidates. Makes my decision that much easier :)
Nat
On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Ray Chiang <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On 7/28/2012 12:35 PM, Paddyjack wrote:
On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Raymond Feist
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On Jul 28, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Paddyjack
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
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?
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.
As a followup to this, I have a question. For those of you who
have gone through the production (scripts) or publication process
(books, gaming material, etc.), I'd be curious to gather up a few
opinions (Rip? REF?) about why so many people seem to place so
much value on the idea (or refining the idea) rather than the
execution. Ignorance or obscurity of process? High levels of
optimism?
-Ray
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