seconding the below from Nat. I've generally found that until you've proved to me you can /create/ something, ... um, I have my own ideas, thanks.
Tell me what you've done, not what you've thought about doing..., or tell we what you've thought about doing /next/... It's all in the execution of the idea. If you can't execute the idea, you aren't bringing anything to the table. rip On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 11:13 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. >
