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Tag: screenwriting
Grant Snider Wants Us to Know about His Latest Book
…And we’re down with that. Here’s what he has to say about There is a Rainbow.
by Grant Snider
My new book THERE IS A RAINBOW is [now] out. It’s a story of hope during the pandemic. School Library Journal called it “the perfect pandemic book…the book we need, the message we deserve.”
How do you adapt an 800-page novel for TV?
How did the novel The Luminaries become a Starz TV series? It wasn’t easy, that’s for sure. But being difficult isn’t the same as being impossible, and after “seven years, 300 drafts and plenty of crying, here it is.”
by Meredith Blake
“The Luminaries” seemed to have everything Hollywood wants in a book.
A commercial and critical hit when it was published in 2013, Eleanor Catton’s immersive novel was set on the rugged southwest coast of New Zealand during its 1860s gold rush. A tale of fate and fortune on the antipodean frontier, it had all the makings of a great screen adventure: rowdy saloons and smoke-filled opium dens, devious blackmail schemes and treacherous ocean voyages, ruthless villains and star-crossed lovers.
Get in tune with your writing goals
Nathan Bransford, TVWriter™’s favorite publishing know-it-all, has a few words for us about about setting and attaining our writing goals.
by Nathan Bransford
It’s starting to feel more like 2021 with every passing day, and I’m still in a goal-setting frame of mind as I think about what’s next for my creative life and business.
Larry Brody’s TV Writing Tips & Tricks #12
Conflict!
by Larry Brody
In real life human beings strive to attain warm, comforting relationships with spouses, children and friends. We work hard to find ways to support each other emotionally.
However, I learned early on in my career that having your characters respond to each other this way on film is at best boring and at worst injurious to your script (and the ratings of your show).