TAKET WO
Jun 19, 2019
4 minutes
BY JEANNE VEILLETTE BOWERMAN
Bookstores are a writer’s drug. We walk the aisles, dancing our fingers over the bindings, lips quivering, wanting a fix. But we aren’t alone. Don’t be surprised if you bump into a movie producer drooling over the true crime section. With Netflix and other streaming services needing vast amounts of content, those racks of books are perfect fodder for adaptation.
Whether you are an author or a screenwriter, it’s never been more critical to learn the skill of transforming stories for the screen.
In the past, Hollywood frowned upon authors adapting their own work, but times have changed. If an author comes to the table with a script draft in hand, even a terrible one, producers will
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