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Show business is a world of dreams. Before a theater can sell tickets, before an actor can audition for a role, and before anyone builds a set or designs costumes, someone somewhere has to have an idea first.

Ideas for TV shows or films are often ripped from the headlines — newspaper or magazine articles, or true-life stories based on current events. Other times ideas emerge from a poem, short story, novel, a writer’s dream, a cartoon, a song, or a play.

An idea by itself may be interesting, but it won’t be marketable or useful in any way. So the next step in creating a show is to turn a raw idea into a script.

When someone buys the rights to a story (such as a current-events, true-life story), they purchase the option to that story. An option guarantees that no one else can work with the people who sold you their story. Options typically last for a limited time period, such as one year. If the person holding an option to a story hasn’t produced the story within that time period, she can renew the option or let it expire, so someone else can buy it.