This might be a simple question, but how do the people who make the story make money. Like lets say you have this story and you go to a company to have it made into a tv show, do they just pay you a lump sum for the rights? Or do they keep you on and give you a salary? Or does the creator get like a % of the profits. And if so how big is the percent.
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Depends.
Sylvester Stallone wrote Rocky. But wouldn’t sell it outright unless he got to star in it. So he did, but the movie company paid a lot less.
Same thing with James Cameron and The Terminator. He wanted to direct, so he took less money for the opportunity.
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