I registered my treatment years ago but I am not a writer. So I found a writer online who wrote a screenplay and we agreed that when he finished, if we could sell it, we'd split it. But when I got the screenplay, it was not remotely close to my original story. My writer friends said his writing was terrible and I should try and write the film myself - which I am doing.
however, this writer is getting bites on the script - but from tiny producers and actors. People are interested. But the original story is much better and I want to finish it. I do not want to be involved with this man anymore...the biggest problem is he is an attorney. I do not have a problem with paying him a few bucks for his time after MY screenplay gets sold.
How can I stop him from selling a bad script with my name and outline?
