tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post9101922049348843212..comments2024-03-28T08:30:37.763-04:00Comments on Dystel & Goderich Literary Management: The book stays in the pictureDGLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594925221862242748noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-2493834995248818562010-06-14T11:12:34.428-04:002010-06-14T11:12:34.428-04:00An attachment agreement and an option are two diff...An attachment agreement and an option are two different things, GhostFolk. Hollywood is a strange beast and, relative to publishing, one in which the players don't trust each other much, so there are all sorts of levels of commitment possible when people start exploring book-to-film adaptation. Each agreement has its own terms, but essentially, the purpose of an attachment agreement is to commit the parties to work together if a deal is made, and the purpose of an option is to give the optioning party the exclusive right to pursue a deal. Unlike an option, the attachment gives the party attaching themselves (production company, in your case) no rights to the underlying material. They can sometimes have similar effect, but they're not technically the same thing.<br /><br />-LaurenDGLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03594925221862242748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-25639103183257473592010-06-13T21:47:50.686-04:002010-06-13T21:47:50.686-04:00Is an "attachment agreement" an option? ...Is an "attachment agreement" an option? I signed one of these with some very exciting people and it has a time expiration, but they (a producer and a production company) will not let me call the agreement an "option." Oh, and they paid me some money to sign. I'm thrilled by this becuase my book is still more than a year out from pub. This must be a "type" of option instead of an option?GhostFolk.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942600698461250382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-7113840134428633542010-06-12T05:47:40.859-04:002010-06-12T05:47:40.859-04:00i'm not really into movies but i'd love so...i'm not really into movies but i'd love someone to make a movie out of my book. if people liked it they'd buy the book. i'd make lots of money and it'd be easier to get published next time around. sure the movie might (probably) be dire but who cares? i didn't make it so it wouldn't bother me.WriterGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02461061240195604193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-76192168588759967412010-06-11T14:49:47.903-04:002010-06-11T14:49:47.903-04:00'They ruined my book by filling it with big sh...'They ruined my book by filling it with big shot Hollywood stars and all they gave me was a million dollars'<br /><br />I think I could bear that pain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34218279.post-67593596304497213142010-06-11T14:23:18.251-04:002010-06-11T14:23:18.251-04:00"Though I don't know how many authors wou..."Though I don't know how many authors would really want to lose the upside—significantly inflated booksales—to get rid of the downside—a corrupted version of the story they wrote making it into the world."<br /><br />Oddly enough, I'm one of those writers--not a fan of (most of) today's film-making, and not interested in having a studio turn my work into something I'd be thoroughly ashamed of. I've got a roof over my head and groceries: the extra cash isn't worth it.Lucynoreply@blogger.com