Sister Folio and I wrote a treatment and beginning of a script called Chartres.
When we
pitched it, we were told it sounded derivitive of Di
Vinci Code. We'd created it before the book came out. I've heard many authors talk about this happening to them. It seems ideas leak out into the air and get caught by others.
Another of our scripts, No One Asked the River, takes place in China, a whipper-snapper producer said, "China? Nobody cares to watch a Chinese themed or located
movie." The very next year Crouching Tiger came out, then House of Flying
Daggers, Kung Fu Soccer, etc - big hits. Wouldn't it be ironic if that same
producer called No One Asked the River derivative now?
We need to get our work out there when it's wanted. If only we could know exactly when that is.
Has this ever happened to you? If so, please share your experience with
the Inkpot.
Ideas time travel.
We need to get our work out there when it's wanted. If only we could know exactly when that is.
Has this ever happened to you? If so, please share your experience with
the Inkpot.
