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I just want to ADD to @Alcove Audio's WHAT IF... WHAT IF can really help you SCALE UP an already existing idea or concept... Use WHAT IF to push your idea or concept to worst possible scenario even if it sounds or feels too outlandish to you. GO THERE. You can always reel it back in if it...

EXPERIENCE. Don't STOP trying to come up with ideas. Work that muscle for all it's worth. As a professional screenwriter, I made it part of my actual routine along with writing. Why? Because Hollywood isn't really interested in anything but high concept these days. Streaming is hopefully, making...

Exactly... I've been in COMBAT. Actual combat. Even those who were trained to perform IN COMBAT don't always perform in COMBAT. LOL. Sure... They participate like CRAZY... i.e., social media but when it comes right down to it? All they were really looking for was their 15 minutes of FAME. They...

Really depends on how it's written... You could concentrate on one or the other -- then the concept you're NOT concentrating on no longer remains the focus and becomes a subplot more or less. This would be IMPORTANT especially if you want to explore CIVIL WAR. LOL. Consider writing it about...

I agree with @mlesemann... What kind of SLAVES? Why were they enslaved? At this point in TIME? I think it needs to be DIFFERENT than just a particular RACE of people becoming slaves. Think about internment camps and out actual civil war. Pretty much been done to death. You could turn the tables...

Okay... I finished reading the entire short... Whew. All the same notes as above apply. Revise the dialogue. Tighten up your action/description. Try to make MORE SENSE out of what you do have... For instance, you wrote: JAKE Help me close the curtains, we need to make sure it can't get in or...

Well I'm gonna be HONEST. I couldn't even finish the first page because it's a difficult read for me. Way overwritten. Passive voice. On the nose dialogue. For some reason, I thought this was a feature spec and not a short... Which is the only reason I decided to read it since I have a little...

Trust me when I tell you IndieTalk is way more normal than Hollywood...

That's WHY I came back... I needed to be able to be around NORMAL people. LOL. Thanks for including me!

Seriously... IT'S ALL NEGOTIABLE. Which is WHY one should have SEVERAL scenarios that they're willing to offer IF they REALLY want the rights.

Be sure to read the two links I provided in both posts above... Good luck!

And OBVIOUSLY? If you were to talk to the daughter? You keep the fact that you already adapted and wrote the screenplay to YOURSELF. I forgot to mention this too... I've seen holders of rights sell the rights to adapt and write the script for a dollar but then wanted to see the script after it...

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but not only was it a bad idea? You can easily get sued for doing this IF the script does get out. Doing what you did TECHNICALLY VIOLATES tort law in the United States. Without legal permission to adapt and write the screenplay? You risk a LOT by trying to...

Gotta remember... You're talking to a few professional screenwriters here... A scene is vastly DIFFERENT than a sequence and yet, I'm not really sure -- based on your question -- that you're really talking about a true scene or a true sequence. Having said that... The only time you need a new...

Remember though... This is a list of the greatest [sic] screenplays... Not movies. A lot of screenplays to great films really don't read that well. Something to consider.

Over the years? I found it extremely beneficial to stick dogs, cars, guns, etc. in a story where eventually... You know people are going to piss on it. If you throw in inconsequential shit like this -- more or less -- where it doesn't really matter to the story what they are? Men execs have a...

Best note I've ever had... EXEC #1 Can we make the dog a pitbull mix? EXEC #2 I feel like he's more of a Rottweiler. EXEC #1 Hmmm. ME (joking) Why don't we...

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. I have NOT read that BUT? Sounds EXACTLY like many Hollywood meetings I've had after the spec has been read. Everyone wants to see just a little of their piss on top of your piss. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. EDIT: Or is it smell? LOL.

I don't read science fiction but I will watch it... Having said that? They do the same thing with movies in just about ANY genre. LOL. A few years ago, I watched AMERICAN ASSASSIN with Michael Keaton. Why? Because I LIKE Michael Keaton. LOL. I watched the movie. Loved Keaton's character but the...

I tend to agree with @Nate North... I've SEEN and EXPERIENCED massive nepotism when it comes to Hollywood. Hell... I was in the Navy for 21 years and SAW and EXPERIENCED massive nepotism there too. LOL. I found out the hard way -- back in the early 80s and showing up early -- being the last one...