kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt) (05/29/90)
Some miscellaneous notes - I apologize for not having the names - if
anybody's really interested I'll go find out.
At the TNG panel (G1 is a Dr. Who convention), were John Vornholt
(_MASKS_, and _CONTAGION_ (coming Novemberish)), a staff writer, and the
guy from Compuserve's ST board who has been hired by Pocket Books to be
their continuity editor. (He's only been there a month, so you can't
blame him for _Gulliver's Fugitives_).
Speaking of _GF_, besides the fact that I'm amazed that such a bad
book was released, and hearing pretty much the same from everyone else,
I have been informed that the author, Keith Sharee, was/is on GR's staff
in the position of approving books for publication. What a surprise.
According to the staff writer, unsolicited sripts are accepted, but
very rarely used. They do *not* have to come from an agent, although
tose that do get put "on the top of the stack". They get about 800
scripts a year, and use perhaps 4 of them.
Normally, a brief is sent in, via an agent. If it's interesting,
they have you come in and pitch your ideas. They may request an (8 page
or so) summary - if so, they will pay you for it upon receipt, whether
or not it is used. If they like it, and your writing style, they may
have you write the teleplay - in which case you'll get paid again,
whether or not they use your script. You script may be rewritten from
scratch, or used as-is - most likely somewhere in between.
Most submitted scripts are rejected for several major reasons: they
have more Klingon scripts than they can handle. They're not interested
in scripts which focus on guest stars (guest stars are OK, but the
script has to be about the crew). Scripts like: "Jack Crusher shows up
and it turns out that Picard is Wesley's father" (a couple dozen of
those).
Miscellaneous notes:
Majel Barret will be in (at least) one show per season.
Data's lines are written without contractions, and with no emotions
intended. Any objective reading of a script will show this. All
(apparent) emotion or use of contractions is strictly the interpretation
of Brent Spiner.
In _The Most Toys_, there was to be another LA Law/TNG crossover -
David Rappaport (sp?) was Fajo in the first half of the shooting, and
played Fajo as a strictly malevolent character. His first suicide
attempt required the reshooting of the entire first half of the episode.
Note that the lines for Fajo were not changed for the final version.
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