It was prior to 1987 when Gene Roddenberry opened The Next Generation for story ideas from writers, though most of the earliest TNG plot concepts were rejected by him. (Star Trek: Communicator issue 114, pp. 56) Producer Robert Lewin later remembered, "There were a great many writers pitching to write the show. Several had story ideas with potential. He was shooting almost everything down because it didn't fit his concept of what the 24th century should be [....] The first scripts were not terribly good. I think only one was shot." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 25/26, No. 6/1, p. 85) David Gerrold recalled, "I'm meeting with writers, taking pitches, I'm told pitches are good to go to outlines; later Gene calls me into his office and says, 'We’re not buying those stories.' 'Why?' 'Their credits ar