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  • #46
    Re: Script Price...Minimum...Maximum.

    Originally posted by creativexec
    Okay...I apologize for being dishonest.

    This business is actually a walk in the park - which is why everyone who starts always makes it to the finish line.


    I knew it.
    Felicitations, malefactors! I am endeavoring to misappropriate the formulary for the preparation of saleable screenplays. WHO WILL JOIN ME!

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    • #47
      Re: Script Price...Minimum...Maximum.

      Originally posted by creativexec
      Okay...I apologize for being dishonest.

      This business is actually a walk in the park - which is why everyone who starts always makes it to the finish line.
      My sarcasm filter just went into overload and melted.

      Fortune favors the bold - Virgil

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      • #48
        Re: Script Price...Minimum...Maximum.

        Originally posted by BestWriterEver
        Just wanted to preserve and highlight this piece of genius. And you *like* this guy.
        You're not going to delete that post, then?
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        • #49
          Re: Script Price...Minimum...Maximum.

          If you are a good enough writer, are incredibly dedicated and have the right personality, there's a possibility that you might have some success. If not, no amount of seminars or conferences or books or fvcking "pitchfests" is going to do a lick of good.

          The problem is that no one thinks their material could possibly be another drop in the flowing sh1tstream of embarrassingly bad pieces of dreck that clogs the entire process.

          (And now I'm just being negative...)

          The huge majority of people who undertake screenwriting will never, under any circumstances besides a brain transplant, achieve anything remotely approaching a professional level of ability. I think it is only when one accepts this and still soldiers on that they might actually be onto something.


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          • #50
            Re: Script Price...Minimum...Maximum.

            Frankly, none of this is at all relevant. Yes, it's a difficult business. And yes, most people - even those who make a dedicated effort - won't make a living at it. But what's the point in dwelling on that? For some people, it's an effort to thin the herd. Well, this herd will never be thinned. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is just too damn appealing.

            Like Ham said - focus on the things that are within your power to control and go from there. All this cynical chatter and Pollyanna optimism are just distractions.
            "The only reason most scripts are bad is because most people can't write." Leslie Dixon

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            • #51
              Re: Script Price...Minimum...Maximum.

              So, does this mean it is easier to option a screenplay? What are the stats on those that are optioned, particularly by those who are new to the business?

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              • #52
                Re: Script Price...Minimum...Maximum.

                Most the "sales" in the trades/"scipt sales" section are, in fact, options.
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                • #53
                  Re: Script Price...Minimum...Maximum.

                  I, for one, think Creativexec is simply trying to help us calibrate our goals with reality. Nothing wrong with that.
                  Last edited by writeman; 07-06-2006, 10:11 AM.

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                  • #54
                    Re: Script Price...Minimum...Maximum.

                    Originally posted by BestWriterEver
                    Just wanted to preserve and highlight this piece of genius. And you *like* this guy.
                    Sigh...

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                    • #55
                      Re: Script Price...Minimum...Maximum.

                      Originally posted by creativexec
                      Okay...I apologize for being dishonest.

                      This business is actually a walk in the park - which is why everyone who starts always makes it to the finish line.


                      1...2...and Tcha tcha tcha...

                      Of course, I could also imagine CE slapping his forehead and doing his impersonation of Homer Simpson after bwe's post.
                      A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to articulate human relationships.
                      Gore Vidal

                      "Aisatsu Yori Ensatsu"
                      Money is better than compliments.


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                      • #56
                        Re: Script Price...Minimum...Maximum.

                        Originally posted by DMNY
                        1...2...and Tcha tcha tcha...

                        Of course, I could also imagine CE slapping his forehead and doing his impersonation of Homer Simpson after bwe's post.
                        I'd rather imagine him slapping BWE's forehead.



                        With a monkey wrench.
                        http://wasitsomethingiwrote.blogspot.com/

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                        • #57
                          Re: Script Price...Minimum...Maximum.

                          Originally posted by English Dave
                          I'd rather imagine him slapping BWE's forehead.
                          With a monkey wrench.
                          Seeing how much bwe and you have this kind of thing going on previous to this, I thought that would be you. Not CE. I see CE dancing the cha-cha.
                          A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to articulate human relationships.
                          Gore Vidal

                          "Aisatsu Yori Ensatsu"
                          Money is better than compliments.


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                          • #58
                            Re: Script Price...Minimum...Maximum.

                            Originally posted by BestWriterEver
                            Well, for ED to do it, he'd actually have to come to Hollywood. So I'm pretty safe.
                            I think it's time BWE get voted off the island.

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                            • #59
                              Re: Script Price...Minimum...Maximum.

                              Originally posted by BestWriterEver
                              Well, for ED to do it, he'd actually have to come to Hollywood. So I'm pretty safe.
                              Been there, done that. Which is more than you have you delusional freak.
                              http://wasitsomethingiwrote.blogspot.com/

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