Written & compiled by Richard Shapero, Jide
Tomiwa, Timothy D. Shepherd and Kristina Parker.
Currently available as an
E-book, grand launching and paperback publication is coming up December 2014.
To order your copy @ N1,550.
Send an email to info@nollywoodscripts.com or 08096354667 (SMS ONLY)
**Excerpt from the Book**
Why you don’t need to be a writer.
A great
script requires two things: a great idea and a great writer to write it. The
talent to write a screenplay is rare. Dramatic writing is one of the most
difficult forms. That much is well known, but this may come as a surprise:
Talented
writers don’t always have the best original ideas for movies.
Students are
often shocked to learn that Shakespeare lifted the plots for every one of his
plays except The Tempest. If the greatest dramatist in Western
literature felt the need to borrow ideas, screenwriters can be excused as well.
Once they get
a good idea, screenwriters can milk it for everything it is worth,
crafting a
solid dramatic structure, writing dialog that rings true and creating three
dimensional characters. That is their gift. But they don’t always have the best
concept for a film.
Hollywood/Nollywood
studios know this. That’s why they buy ideas from various sources—if it’s good,
they will write a check, regardless of where the idea originated. Once they own
the idea, they will assign it to an experienced writer and hope for a wonderful
script. So non-writers do have a place in the movie industry. If you can think
of a story that would make an entertaining film, then you have something
valuable. If you only have part of a story that would make an entertaining
film, you still have something valuable.
The Standard
price of a good script or story is $5,000-$50,000.
Information
is power, information is money. Welcome to the Information Age!