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Posted by:
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on Jan 21, 2013 at 08:43:01 AM
Novels to screenplays and screenplays to novels...sometimes a work shines in both forms.
I know because I've written seventeen screenplays and converted three of them to novels. I've also worked in the other direction,Massage Beijing, ghost writing a screenplay into a novel.
Since most of you are novelists, I'll look at the process from that side. The biggest difference between a novel and a screenplay is that in a screenplay
1. All action has to be immediate - even if it is in the past (a flashback)
2. The entire story has to be told visually. Your characters in a screenplay cannot feel, think, or remember. You have to SHOW them feeling, thinking, and remembering. And what you show has to happen in present time.
Here's an example.
In a novel, you may write:
John stood...
Posted by:
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on Jan 11, 2013 at 03:09:58 PM
This week, I overheard someone say, "I'm great! It's Wednesday! I'm half-way through the week!" It's a common phrase, that we have all used. It's tied in popularity and overuse with "Thank God it's Friday!".
The comment made me think about how many people are "working for the weekend". It doesn't matter if the weekend is the traditional Saturday and Sunday or if the weekend is Monday and Tuesday or any other combination of days. It's far too common to hear how unsatisfied and unhappy people are at work. How many people do you know who watch the clock, "serving their time", waiting for the "freedom" that comes with 5 o'clock?
Intellectually, we know that life is a precious gift, yet most of us rush through our lives barely conscious of how we are spending that time. A majority of our...
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