Not really too sure how much I can add to this discussion as I've never really thought about what my inpirational process is.

What I can say is that all of my writing (except for "on the set" last minute changes [Thanks Marc and Tony]) is done by me and not thrashed out as a committee. Usually my ideas do not even reach the drawing board (ok then My own personalised MS Word screenplay template) until pretty much the idea idea is in my head. When you think I tend to do shorts then it;s a bit easier. I usually thrash the idea out, including most of the dialogue on my daily commutes to and from work in the car.

Not really sure where my ideas come from but I tend to stick with the subject matters I like personally. On at least one occasion my idea for a particular story has come from watching a movie and thinking I know where the story is going only to find it takes a different turn which, of course leaves me with my own 'version'. I can then usually weave that into a something worthy of more thought.

Well, that's about all I have to say about that....

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