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So i have a movie or noval idea what do i do about it.? i could write a very rough summary but i am no were near skilled enough to write a script or a noval.?

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You either write it or hire someone to write it, I guess. But usually the idea itself isn't the thing, unless it's mind-blowingly original.

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Mind sharing with us your idea?

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I would love to hear the idea if you're willing to share it.

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you should still make some notes about it.Write certain parts of your story(only elements at least),create characters or just mark anything what you looks right to you.You might later find more encouragement to make it a full story or you will see that your idea is going nowhere.Good luck. ;)

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Personally, I wouldn't post up any of my ideas directly onto a public forum where any person using the internet, from anywhere on the planet, can read it.
If you find someone who is genuinely interested in helping out, I'd use a Private Message.

As Yoda said, you need to find yourself a professional writer if you suffer with writer's block. Sorry for the lack of help though mate. Hope you get it sorted out.

I concur with R. If you do post a novel idea make sure it's copy right protected first. Nice try T1, but from what I see, you shouldn't be running out of ideas.

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I would suggest writing down everything you can come up with, be it ideas, separate scenes, characters, interesting character names, and so on. Write it all down - you never know when they can become handy.

As for sharing the idea here - I wouldn't recommend it, even if it is already copyrighted.

If you cannot turn your idea into a full feature film, try a short movie, a strory (which you can write yourself), anything that can move your idea to becoming something bigger.

Good luck

You might consider developing it in a screenwriting/writing class.

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^ Yeah, especially where you will have witnesses/documents for what you are working on, unlike the silly idea of trying to copyright an 'idea' for a film on your own.

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Find someone to help you write it. I'd say that's the best approach. I write crap all the time, but most of it never goes anywhere. Don't be like me! Find someone who knows their stuff and can help you get it done.

Also, don't post it on the internet. Someone who can write will probably just steal it.

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No, I won't.

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Mental note: steal his idea.

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There are people who do steal ideas, but they don't do anything with them. The biggest hysteria out there is that people are too protective about their "idea". Well, to be honest, your idea is probably crap and not worth stealing.

If you're writing a script and want feedback, join a scriptwriting message board and post it. Other writers are more than willing to give feedback. They own't steal it. Don't bother submitting anything for coverage, it's too expensive. Unless you're on your 8th draft and have used up all your other options. Oh yeah, it helps if you have 200 plus to blow on it.

I have several scripts on the internets.

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There are no new ideas under the sun. Just twists and turns of everything else that's been done.

Hey! I'm a poet!

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Whatever you do, don't give up.

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What I did with my screenplay is I got the idea in my head, sat down and wrote the whole screenplay in one sitting. Yoda is right the idea itself unless it is mind blowing and original doesn't matter. It is the script. The dialogue for example. The beginning and the ending. Just write what comes to you and give it to someone you trust to read and respect and get their opinion. And if it is good enough send it to a production studio. That is what I did and now were going to be making my film.

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I would start by making an outline. Describe the beginning, middle, and end in a rough sketch. Pick some characters and the personality traits you want them to have. If you don't feel like you're a very skilled writer. Give the neatest, most organized outline you can to someone who is a skilled writer. And since you had the original idea, you can always change something to your liking

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i want to send a story to some director over internet,and see if he would use something for film,or make a whole movie out of my story,and pay me for that...i don't know is is that possible,but it would be good if it is...

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It won't happen.

You don't do it that way.

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Because I know everyone here is not to be trusted and would steal from their grandmother, I give this great movie idea free.

I don't have an idea yet, but if I keep typing...

First I do random word associations...nuns...CIA...baseball.

Okay...

A convent in Oklahoma is a covert facility for a rogue divison of the CIA for assasins. When a hand grenade shaped like a baseball is hurled into the Vatican, the Pope sends ex Navy Seal Father O'Malley to investigate, but not before he whacks the baseball out of a window with a ping pong paddle.

What do you expect for free?

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Its not possible because it would be super hard to get in touch with some director and then if you haven't patented your script/story it could easily be stolen

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That will not work unless you have all the luck in the world + have connections + it's a really eye catching idea or some good old nepotism = incredibly rare. ;)

The best thing to do is to write your own script out of your story and go on from there. If you can, join a script writing class/group because they are likely to have more connections if your script turns out good enough for people to even contemplate taking the time to read it.

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I've got,like,5 ideas in my mind,some are just ideas,others are more developed.Now,since my seasonal job is sitting all day and doing nothing,I wrote some scenes in my notebook (can't get a pc to my job,so it's quite annoying to write with hand(lots of mistake,corrections etc.) but the biggest problem is my vocabulary because english is not my native language and some dialogues are quite banal. :D

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I actually do have a great movie idea and i am still going to give it away free.

Because it is about a real person so i didn't do any original thinking.

But producers do pay a few thousand dollars for bringing these true stories to their attention.

But I am still going to give it away free.

Several days ago I remembered this woman jockey back in the seventies who was a bid deal, gorgeous, had product endorsement, model shoots for fashion magazines, a big write up in Newsweek, and also showed her stuff in Playboy.

Then at the height of her fame she went to a Ku Klux Klan meeting and made a racist speech.

Then I didn't hear about her anymore.

So I googled and found out in her early forties she shot herself.

The Klan speech ended her modeling and product endorsements and she made more money from that than riding horses. But it became a lot harder for her to ride horses as well because horse owners didn't want the headaches from her bad publicity.

Then because she became toxic she had to ride in small out of the way racetracks and she had a big fall, sued the racetrack for unsafe conditions, won, and the track declared bankruptcy and she didn't collect a cent.

Then she kept trying to make a comeback, but physically she is messed up, may even have brain damage, and it is over.

And when she was younger she even had a stalker who abducted her, but she escaped and he wasn't caught, then he showed up years later, and this time he got caught.

I figure there is a movie there and I have the actress.

Hillary Duff.

She has been looking for a comeback movie. The Bonnie and Clyde one never happened.

She is the right age, petite like a jockey, blonde like this jockey, and if she wants to show she can act, this role does it. The jockey was a colorful character trying to prove herself in what was still then a man's world, trying to be the biggest hard ass in the room, and it was responsible for her early fame and her downfall.

It's all your, Hillary.

Free.

If you let me stalk you.

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It is not so bad idea...there must be some B directors that collect ideas over internet...and they cant steal your idea if you post it on some forum or site long before that movie even start filming...there are dates in posts,made only for that reason.It is cler on internet whose idea is original,and whose is not.

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^ Yeah but you can change things around with an idea so it doesn't look exactly the same.

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Read a few screenwriting books (I recommend 'Save the Cat' by Blake Snyder and 'The Screenwriting Bible' by Dave Trottier). There are many books on screenwriting, and I would encourage anyone serious about the craft to read as many of them as they can.

A script is something that generally takes about 6 months to do right (I'm not saying it can't be done sooner, but that often a rushed product just leads to disappointment). From inception to final draft, be prepared to spend a great deal of your life on it.

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and who will produce??

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And who is the lead actor and where will be the music.