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Originally Posted by michelin89
I be wan enter business with you. Make we go around Naija go study all the infinite and lovely cultures then write some nice scripts and get good directors to shoot them for us. 
But I still get school now and no shishi to dey travel around.  So I was asking if there was a way of creating a sort of collaboration between the various script writers in order to share their knowledge about their cultures. Instead of travelling, that would be a better idea. A convention held once in a year where directors, producers and Co. from all over the country meet and share ideas!  |
A script is a product from the writer's adequate knowledge of the situation he writes about. If you do extensive research about any story irrespective of what ethnicity it is based on you can write a good script out of it, depending also how the story is tailored. But script writers are mostly motivated by situations, in choosing a story to write about. Without proper motivation, there will be lack of drive, and when drive is lacking, the script may be poorly written.
So, for a none indigine to write a good story about others, the drive better be very strong. The story should have commercial appeal too, if he is thinking outside a "job for charity".