Monday, September 16, 2013

Kickstarter is forcing me to write spoilers!

What is this world coming to everyone?

I was putting together the kickstarter campaign for my new classic sci-fi epic I am working on, and it was pretty much ready to go. It struck the right balance of being informative to you, my reader, but not revealing to much information to make the movie not still excited.

So, I was ready to go, but I got this message back from the kickstarter people:

Hello Peter,Thanks for submitting your project to Kickstarter.Your project is looking good but there are a few things that you will need to work on before moving forward.Provide a more detailed plot synopsis. It's a good idea to provide as much information as possible about your project. Speak as clearly as you can regarding the project you hope to create and how you plan on achieving your goals.Provide a breakdown of what the funding will be used for. Providing clarity on how backers will be helping you will be important in your success.Once you've finished updating your project, let me know and I'll have another look!Regards, Zack

I don't know what to think about this. I made some changes but i definately didn't want to. It got me thinking about all the movie trailers you see all the time. The Tom Cruise movies do it the worse, I think. They just tell you everything that happens in the movie before you see it, and you just leave the theater thinking about watching something on netflix or something because you don't know what those movies are about as much.

I hate spoilers. Why would I want to reveal to you my plots and work when that's what you pay your money for?!

I just can't stand it, and I would expect Kickstarter to respect my wishes as an artist more than they did.

Maybe I will change the plot so no one will know.

How do you feel about spoilers?!

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