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<blockquote data-quote="inkmonkeys" data-source="post: 1693330" data-attributes="member: 15524">I bet he paid the actors. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid&nbsp; &nbsp; :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" />Edit: And let me go further. When you make a movie, you find funding so you can pay for it. It should work that way with any business: If you don't have the start-up capital, you find investors or get a loan. If you're starting a coffeeshop (all too common in today's society), you don't ask the barristas to work for free for three months until the money starts coming in. You definitely don't ask the suppliers for free coffee beans, 'cause they're not that stupid.And when you're publishing an RPG, you don't ask the printers for free printing, 'cause they aren't that stupid. Writers, unfortunately, are.If you're going to start a business, start it like a business and be a professional. At the very, very least, treat the writers like the investors they are. Royalties, man, royalties!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="inkmonkeys, post: 1693330, member: 15524"] I bet he paid the actors. :uhoh: Edit: And let me go further. When you make a movie, you find funding so you can pay for it. It should work that way with any business: If you don't have the start-up capital, you find investors or get a loan. If you're starting a coffeeshop (all too common in today's society), you don't ask the barristas to work for free for three months until the money starts coming in. You definitely don't ask the suppliers for free coffee beans, 'cause they're not that stupid. And when you're publishing an RPG, you don't ask the printers for free printing, 'cause they aren't that stupid. Writers, unfortunately, are. If you're going to start a business, start it like a business and be a professional. At the very, very least, treat the writers like the [i]investors[/i] they are. Royalties, man, royalties! [/QUOTE]

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