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blue_midget192
12-04-2004, 11:55 PM
I was thinking about writing a kinda fantasy story :) and i was wondering which would be best for it; a movie or a book? i mean i'd like to write a book :) but some of the action sequences would look better on a film :confused: what does every one think?

kikimm
12-05-2004, 01:06 AM
Well...you could write a book, then adapt it into a screenplay. But that would be double the work, in a way....Action sequences can be done pretty well in books, too though. :monster: So I'd say go for writing a book. *shrug*


:D

JseanjohnC
12-05-2004, 01:59 AM
most definately a book for many reasons

blue_midget192
12-05-2004, 11:55 PM
kikirslrsl; thats what i was thinking of doing :D

JseanjohnC; please elaborate upon the aforementioned reasons :)

:elk:

krissy
12-06-2004, 12:02 AM
you got the money to make a movie?

Faris
12-06-2004, 12:04 AM
most definately a book for many reasons

you got the money to make a movie?

blue_midget192
12-06-2004, 12:07 AM
you got the money to make a movie?

not realy, but i'd like to write one in the hope of making it one day! :)

Martyr
12-07-2004, 04:19 AM
Fantasy is a ridiculously tough market to get in. There's so many fantasy books pourng in every minute it isn't even funny. Well, it's a little funny. Because you could be the next Tolkein and your chances of getting your name out with a fantasy book are still tossed into a billion author lottery.

I voted for book because I don't know how to kick off a career with a movie. Generally, good movies come from books and the book is better than the good movie anyway.

But with the new trend of geekdom in moderen pop culture, a movie might be a much better way to capitalize on a fantasy story than a book which might just get lost in the zillions of pages of fantasy scribbled down every day.

blue_midget192
12-08-2004, 03:15 PM
well, im thinking more from the point of view of which medium would be best to convey the story, not which would make the most money :)

Eö Telrúnya
12-08-2004, 05:28 PM
You should write the book. Then make the movie if the book sells well. ^^