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Do people in Hollywood buy story ideas, or just scripts?

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Do people in Hollywood buy story ideas, or just scripts?

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I have lots of ideas, but I don’t want to write them down. The first thing you should do is put your head in a bread slicer. But do it nice and slow so that your brains come leaking out of your ears. In fact, if you kill yourself, you could be clearing the way for some nice kid from Kentucky to move into your apartment and decorate it with a lot more style and taste than you have. Now…yes, you can sell ideas to Hollywood. This is known as a pitch. Pitches sell a lot. But when you pitch you have to have much more than just an idea or a concept. (Although in rare cases, just a concept can be sold. This happens if you have a proven track record at selling scripts, are a somewhat established writer who has worked in the studio system, or enjoy having oral sex with studio executives.) For a burnt-out, going nowhere, prissy-ass lad like yourself, you will need more than just the concept of the pitch. You need to know your three acts (the beginning, middle and end) with clear endings to eac

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