Why I *can't* read your script

[cleolinda]

Okay, since I think I was waxing a bit verbose about this on a site meant for 140-character messages:

What happened was, A History of Violence screenwriter Josh Olson informed the internets that He Will Not Read Your Fucking Script.

Cole Abaius thought this made him a bit of an asshole, although more for the tone than the sentiment.

John Scalzi

Comments

[dwg]

Before, I was willing to dismiss a lot of her blogs as crazy, but since watching the Twitter feeds and some of the stuff that she has to deal with from fans on a daily basis, I've actually regained some respect for her. I don't necessarily agree with what/how she writes, but I've made sure that if I have had any interaction with her, that at least I've been polite and remembered that she's an actual human being. For the most part, she's been pretty classy in her responses to fans.

EDIT: oh yeah, I remember aaaages ago her former assistant, Darla, said something along the lines of no, please don't send us your manuscript, we will not read it -- I need to dig up the link to accompany that blog. But it was a small eternity ago, and even though a certain question may have been answered recently, guaranteed the next day there will be a dozen more people asking the exact same thing. I've seen at least two people asking her "if I put my novel/sample chapters on MySpace, will you read them!?" and my faith in humanity goes out the window. No fourth wall is a scary, scary thing.

[lemonade8]

Yeah... the crazy is really really scary. And the hostility if she doesn't do/say/allow things that might damage her is baffling as well.