Comments on: Networking at work http://101squadron.com/blog/2007/10/networking-at-work.html All we are, basically, are monkeys with car keys. Tue, 15 May 2012 17:36:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alex Epstein http://101squadron.com/blog/2007/10/networking-at-work.html/comment-page-1#comment-543 Alex Epstein Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:01:41 +0000 http://101squadron.com/blog/2007/10/networking-at-work/#comment-543 "A producer wants me to write a spec for him..."<br /><br />The ONLY circumstances that I would recommend you do that is if it is clear that you OWN the script after you write it. If it's his idea, then he gets a ONE YEAR OPTION, but signs (quitclaims, on paper) all rights over to you.<br /><br />Do NOT write a script for free that someone else has veto power over. It costs them nothing to ask you to do it, and it costs you several months of hard work. That creates a moral hazard. If they can't be bothered to cough up a little money -- even a thousand bucks -- then there is a very large danger that they are not really that serious about it. And you end up with a script you can't sell. “A producer wants me to write a spec for him…”

The ONLY circumstances that I would recommend you do that is if it is clear that you OWN the script after you write it. If it’s his idea, then he gets a ONE YEAR OPTION, but signs (quitclaims, on paper) all rights over to you.

Do NOT write a script for free that someone else has veto power over. It costs them nothing to ask you to do it, and it costs you several months of hard work. That creates a moral hazard. If they can’t be bothered to cough up a little money — even a thousand bucks — then there is a very large danger that they are not really that serious about it. And you end up with a script you can’t sell.

]]> By: Naila J. http://101squadron.com/blog/2007/10/networking-at-work.html/comment-page-1#comment-544 Naila J. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:29:17 +0000 http://101squadron.com/blog/2007/10/networking-at-work/#comment-544 No pumpkin means no candy :(<br /><br />Sorry dude!<br /><br />(Although I would have tried anyway) No pumpkin means no candy :(

Sorry dude!

(Although I would have tried anyway)

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