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  • May 31, 2008, 11:18 AM
    Lamona
    How can I sell it ?
    Hello,

    I have wrote 3 stories & I dream about becaming a movies writer , I think that its cool

    & great... I just won't to know How can I sell this story to a Director?? :confused:

    Its maybe a little bit hard Because I live in Dubai... :(

    But I really to do this.. because its my chaildhood dream although my friends make fun

    Of me... :(
  • Jun 1, 2008, 02:49 AM
    Clough
    What are your stories about and how old are you, please?
  • Jun 1, 2008, 07:15 AM
    Lamona
    Hello,

    First.. I meant - I really ( want ) to this -... my bad!! :p

    Thank you so much because you aswered me... How nice are you :o

    Iam 19 years old.. & the first story about wars , it is a true story ;)

    The second one is about a kidnap child... its so sad :(

    & the third is a scary story about a man who killed a kid by mistake :eek:
  • Jun 17, 2008, 03:04 AM
    German_Guy
    Hi,

    Look for a board on the Internet, where you can post your stories (or even a part of it)

    To get a feedback from the people.

    If you get a positive feedback, you can try to send the story to a publisher.

    Don't be unmotivated, it needs a lot of time and experience to become a good writer.

    Keep on writing and try to include the feedback on the new story.

    Good luck!
  • Jun 17, 2008, 03:15 AM
    Clough
    I'm sorry that I haven't been around as much as I might usually have been, Lamona! I have had some Internet connection problems and have also been ill for a little while.

    As in the fine answer above, you really do need feedback from others concerning what you have written. There are writing forums on the Internet that are primarily devoted to helping people to write where there will be many people and not just a few, who will be willing to look at what you have written. Writing Forum - Google Search

    If you ever do get to the point where someone might want to make a movie out of what you have written, would you want it to be in English or some other language, please?

    Thanks!
  • Jun 18, 2008, 09:25 AM
    Lamona
    Thanks so much.. I really really mean it.. this site is so cool

    Thank you again.. I do not now what to say.. I mean write!!

    My friend told me that I can put an advertaising on yellow pages


    What do you think??

    & I want to write an English movie
  • Jun 19, 2008, 02:50 AM
    Clough
    The first thing that I would suggest that you do, is to join one of the forums on the link that I provided in my last response to you.

    You do need feedback about what you have written. You will get the feedback that you need from those sites. Depending on how long the stories are that you have written, you could put at least some of the contents of them on this site to see what people think here.

    If you were already an experienced, established business, then you might be putting things in the Yellow Pages. Since you aren't an experienced, established business at what you are wanting to do, then putting things into the Yellow Pages and paying for the advertising that you would have to there, will not work to your benefit at this point in time.

    Something written to be put into the form of a movie is called a "screenplay." You would need to know how to put your stories into the form of screenplays in order for them to be workable and considered to become movies of any kind.

    Books don't simply go from just being a book and then magically becoming a movie. There are a many steps to be taken in order for that to happen. Some of those steps usually involving the screenwriter (that's you, or someone else) investing some or a lot of money into making what is written into a movie.

    The first thing, as I have already mentioned earlier, and as German_Guy also mentioned, is to get feedback on what you have already written.

    Thanks!
  • Jun 19, 2008, 09:44 AM
    Lamona
    You now what? I think that you are right...

    Maybe I have to stop & think again...

    & to be honest with you.. I am not ready for this... :(

    I have to read more & more.. & I need feedback about what I have written..

    So.. its OK! :)

    As you said ( it needs a lot of time and experience to become a good writer. )

    I will keep on writing and trying to include the feedback on the new story.


    even if it will take a lot of years .. i believe that some day I will became like my

    favorite writer ( DAN BROWN )


    Thanks 4 every 1
  • Jun 19, 2008, 04:25 PM
    tykescribe
    If you are writing screenplays, have you checked out a site called Celtx ? Celtx offers a free screenwriting software package and has a lively forum where you can get advice, tips and support. Here's the site address: The Celtx Forum :: Index
  • Jun 20, 2008, 03:57 AM
    Clough
    How about posting at least some of what you have written on this site, Lamona? We can help you here! At least it would be a start for you! You know, everyone's got a dream that they would like to come true. If you try hard enough, your dream might come true, too!
  • Jun 20, 2008, 09:22 PM
    Lamona
    Dear friends.. thank you so much

    Even my " best friends " did not help me that much..

    I won't to now what do you like to read about? I like to read novels & stories

    Also about history of Rome & greece.. & who is your favorite writer?

    I am going to post some of what I have written very soon..

    I believe that dreams can come true if you take the time to think WHAT DO YOU WANT IN

    YOUR LIFE ?

    I won't to chang what do people think by my stories..
  • Jun 21, 2008, 01:08 AM
    Clough
    The aspirations that you have are admirable, Lamona! I would greatly look forward to you posting, at least parts of what you have written, on this site!

    I like to read a variety of things. It could be fiction or about things that have really happened.

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