brihoppy

i like movies but im not a film geek...over the past few years ive written a few short stories, premises for novels, etc, not for any real purpose but just to flex my imagination a little...

then i met a guy at work who was really into film and was in the process of writing a screenplay, fair play to him i thought...

recently, ive noticed a few movies have been made that have been very similar to some of the ideas id had myself, and these movies have gone on to become fairly successful, and i was almost kicking myself that i hadnt got in there first...!!!

ive actually heard it said that there are only actually very few subjects for movies/books and that all screeplays/manuscripts, etc revolve around these few ideas...?

anyway, i was wondering if anyone on here has dabbled in this area or has had any success...?

thanks for your input, bri...