Welcome to the 2nd edition of Spam or Poetry Wednesday, wherein I search my spam folder for gobbledy text that reads suspiciously like poetry. So far my favourite aspect of Spam or Poetry is the titles.
Do_you_want_to_see_me_on_Cam_now?
_I_can_entertain_you_well
King Aillas will have me quickly hanged!
If you ask a fourth, I am free.
Murgen, in cold disgust, isolated himself at Swer Smod. His party had dismounted and were tying their horses to a rail.
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Please note I’m not the first to think of this…..see Spam is Poetry
William A. Lane Professor of Comparative Literature and Romance Studies Duke University
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
7:00-8:30 pm
A world-renowned critic, Fredric Jameson is the recipient of the 2008 Holberg International Memorial Prize in recognition of his outstanding scholarship in the arts and humanities. He is a prolific author, perhaps best known for his book Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism; he has also written seminal works on Marxist literary and cultural theory (Marxism and Form; The Political Unconscious) and numerous other books.
Reception to Follow
Fletcher Challenge TheatreRoom 1900 SFU Harbour Centre 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
“Finding a good writer willing to waste months on someone else`s idea for no pay is like finding a needle in a haystack. Granted, you might find a hobbyist who will meet you in a coffee shop with a copy of Save The Cat, and you might find a penpal to trade B.S. with for a week or two, but you will not find a writer. Writing a script for the purposes making a film requires investment, and 99% of the time the investment comes first, with the idea, and the writer gets PAID. Selling your `life story“ or your “great idea“ to a studio, or even and independent, is like getting struck by lightening, and even then you`ll have run around naked in the rain holding a ladder for years. Even if your script gets written, no one will read it until it`s been edited and read by readers at least once, and this is not free. Studios typically don`t read anything that doesn`t come through an agent. To get an agent you need at least two features written that are far beyond being first drafts.
So, hate to be a naysayer, but my suggestion is – write it as a short story, or even a novel. If it has any legs at all, it will go further. But most “writers“ have enough of their own ideas and are not going to suffer someone else`s headaches unless they get paid. Profits shared if the idea sells – haha. Not in this climate. The likes of Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler can write an idea down on toilet paper and that might sell after one phone call, but you – no.
Craigslist and the B.C. film industry – a land of wannabees and small time egos churning out fluff in a city that truthfully has a dismal industry (until the Americans ride into town once in a while – that let`s us pretend a little). And thanks to the Liberals and 90% arts cuts, your little indi film idea will forever stay on paper.”
