Sounds like a long list of folks in the District of Columbia... That is a good way to cull the maybes from the no pile, isn't it?
On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Nat Russo <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know (yet) if it's the same in the publishing world, but I can speak > about the software development world: You have a significant number of > people who consider themselves "idea guys". This typically translates to "I > hate actual work/I'm not competent enough to actually execute what I'm > imagining/I'm a prima donna" or some such. I love hearing "I'm more of an > idea guy" when I'm interviewing job candidates. Makes my decision that much > easier :) > > Nat > > On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Ray Chiang <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 7/28/2012 12:35 PM, Paddyjack wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Raymond Feist >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 28, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Paddyjack <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> A weird idea struck me this morning and I thought you may have >>>>> some ideas about this. Let's say John has this great idea for a >>>>> book but can't even write an Happy Birthday card correctly.... >>>>> can he sell the idea to a publisher, or even directly to a writer >>>>> so that it would be written by someone else who knows how to do >>>>> it? It seems to happen for movies sometimes, and I was wondering >>>>> if it happens also with books? >>>> >>>> >>>> You're jamming a lot of stuff into one basket. >>>> >>>> First, ideas can't be copyrighted. Only the unique expression >>>> thereof, so whatever John might dream up, he'd have to be pretty >>>> convinced it was something special. >> >> >> As a followup to this, I have a question. For those of you who have gone >> through the production (scripts) or publication process (books, gaming >> material, etc.), I'd be curious to gather up a few opinions (Rip? REF?) >> about why so many people seem to place so much value on the idea (or >> refining the idea) rather than the execution. Ignorance or obscurity of >> process? High levels of optimism? >> >> -Ray >> > > > > -- > Sent from my Crappy Laptop (tm) using a poor excuse for a web browser. > -- Nick A "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but a single throat, and I had my hands about it..." Rorschach, 1975 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them." Bill Vaughan "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato
