I'm quite big on taking the money and walking away. Entertainment of that sort is far more malevolent than publishing. Some people in publishing get uptight or even feel guilty when they have to lie and ruin someone's life. Hollywood has never told the truth to any writers ever.
So the size of the check and whether or not it clears are the only variables that I believe I can control. It's not that I wouldn't want to insist on the director and the casting and the budget, it's that it wouldn't do a lick of good. If I somehow was being deceived into believing I had input, I would still only say what I believed would give me the most money so that I could write more. Smile, nod, deposit check, put head down, get back to typing. If they want to pay a consulting or scripting fee and then ignore everything I say, we can hammer that out too--but they call it "go away" money for a reason. (Actually, the expression is usually more colorful than "go away" money. Think of how Christopher Nolan wanted Christopher Priest's The Prestige to be taken out of print because Nolan felt it was a spoiler for _his_ movie.)
But the real answer is comics. I want everything I've ever written to be morphed into weird and wonderful comics, even this comment.
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Date: 2010-07-28 11:27 pm (UTC)So the size of the check and whether or not it clears are the only variables that I believe I can control. It's not that I wouldn't want to insist on the director and the casting and the budget, it's that it wouldn't do a lick of good. If I somehow was being deceived into believing I had input, I would still only say what I believed would give me the most money so that I could write more. Smile, nod, deposit check, put head down, get back to typing. If they want to pay a consulting or scripting fee and then ignore everything I say, we can hammer that out too--but they call it "go away" money for a reason. (Actually, the expression is usually more colorful than "go away" money. Think of how Christopher Nolan wanted Christopher Priest's The Prestige to be taken out of print because Nolan felt it was a spoiler for _his_ movie.)
But the real answer is comics. I want everything I've ever written to be morphed into weird and wonderful comics, even this comment.