Setting the Record Straight

[queenoftheskies]

Maybe my last post wasn't quite clear, so I'm going to post this comment I left in response to a comment made to my post:

The instructor did NOT say I had to change the sex of the protagonist.

It's my decision because my idea is apparently not marketable in the current format...female protagonist, mixture of SF and magic elements, dimensional rift, character development and a big decision that could save--or destroy--the world. Her decision.

So, instead of putting myself through the torture of watching the idea torn apart, because I still think it works as a novel (though last night I was upset and feared it didn't), I've decided that, for the screenplay, I'm going to change the idea to a tried and true, box office formula.

The hard part is that I am NOT a formula writer.

The truth of the matter is that I could just have sucky ideas.

I'm not pounding on the instructor. He's GREAT. Full of information. Talented. GREAT.

I could just be sucky at developing ideas.