Hi V.G.:

There's no such thing as an original idea.
Everything's been done before, it's what you do with
it. I, however, keep ideas to myself until I've fully
developed and completed a project then once it's
protected (WGA/Copyright) and tell whoever wants to
listen. Of course, I'm fully aware you can not
copyright an idea.

Barb
Screenwriter/TV Writer

--- Vinnie047@... wrote:
> Somewhere along my illustrious relationship with
> AOL, I must have signed up
> for this group. I have written some published short
> stories, etc. and I guess
> I just thought that joining it would help the
> "juices" flow. It has not had
> that effect, to no fault of the group. I have
> barely been an outside
> observer. One of the last emails regarded an idea
> for a story coming from an
> "unkle joe" in Florida. My question is this, if you
> have an idea for a story
> that may, just may, be original and interesting, why
> would you tell the
> world? I assume the response will be that this is
> one of the purposes of
> this group - sounding board, share ideas, etc. I,
> on the other hand, protect
> my ideas like a rabid junk yard dog. Funny part is,
> I never seem to do
> anything with them. Interesting.
> V.G.
> Riverside, CA
>