Many years ago I worked with someone who says she told a number of people at Hollywood parties about a story idea she had for a feature film. A few years later a film that bore a striking resemblance to her story was released and became famous,
I also know someone who says he used to talk about starting a Star Trek franchise that was remarkably similar to Voyager when he was on chat/fan sites in the early 90's.
I was once told by a local playwright that the lead in his new play was being written with me in mind. Unfortunately, it was discovered I am a better SM than I am an actress before the script was finished and I was not asked to audition.
So....
what is your dubious brush with fame?
I also know someone who says he used to talk about starting a Star Trek franchise that was remarkably similar to Voyager when he was on chat/fan sites in the early 90's.
I was once told by a local playwright that the lead in his new play was being written with me in mind. Unfortunately, it was discovered I am a better SM than I am an actress before the script was finished and I was not asked to audition.
So....
what is your dubious brush with fame?
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Well, one of the unique techincal aspects of the space-ships was being used in a short story I was writing. Oddly, I never shared this feature.
He had red hair, glasses, was tall and gangly, and wore clothes that were identical to some that I owned.
I swear that someone had seen me at Disney World and wrote me into the story...
He did this on my fourth birthday; he was looking after me for the afternoon and we stopped by so people there could say happy birthday to me. And, Dad says, Arlo Guthrie was the act that night; we stopped by in the afternoon, Arlo heard everyone wishing me Happy Birthday, and wished me Happy Birthday himself and then serenaded me with the theme to "Sesame Street."
Or so Dad claims. I, however, remember absolutely none of this.
I just know enough to keep my ideas to myself. That is one of the reasons I do not join writing communities on-line, nor post any of the subjects I am currently working on.
I have some on-line friends who aspire to be professional writers. They post their in-progress work in their journals and in writing communities. They even post ideas they have for books, stories, screenplays, etc.. This is not a good idea - Especially in a group of other aspiring writers.
If you're searching for a "stolen idea" brush with fame; my writing buddy Duncan's friend wrote a script for Enterprise just last year. This friend of a friend sent off the script to Rick Berman, actualy got a pitch phone confrence with him too! After they listened through the whole idea, he was given a pat on the head and told its not what they are looking for. suspciously, a new episode of Enterprise used very nearly the same story he pitched just a few months prior... hmmmm