Here’s an amusing excerpt from a film about Harlan Ellison that shows his righteous indignation over an offer from Warner Bros. to use his work without paying him. Now, it’s not rejection in the traditional sense. But the film company ended up not including his words because they refused, as Ellison states, “to cross my palm with silver.” And he’s right. Your written word is a commodity. You work to produce it, why shouldn’t you get paid for it (if someone wants to use it, that is). Just watch….
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