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Originally Posted by fjtorres
I wouldn't.
Unless you're targetting Bollywood.  |
Compared to writing a book in a market of abundance the advantage of writing movie scripts is that you are ensured payment if you can sell it. It is entirely possible to write a hugely popular book today and not receive much pecuniary return for it. I'm not saying it is happening, just that it is possible. Not possible with a movie script that is accepted.
I belive that something like this happned on Reddit. Someone started to write about what would happen if a battalion of Marines suddenly were transformed to Roman times and had to fight Ceasar's army. What started out as a free book, encouraged by the Reddit community, ended up as a movie script in the making. The simple reason being that it was the easiest way for the writer to ensure payment. Redditors were willing to pay the guy to continue his publication on Reddit, but they simply weren't enough to sustain his writing.