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Why you don’t need to be a writer.
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.