 When writers Michael Grais (qv) and Mark Victor (qv) first met  with Steven Spielberg (I) (qv), they were being hired to write the  film that eventually became _Always (1989)_ (qv). When Spielberg  happened to mention he also had an idea for a ghost story, Grais and  Victor said theyd rather write the ghost story than Always and  thats how they got this job.