How to Adapt a Novel Into a Screenplay
Script magazine’s editor-in-chief Sadie Dean talks about adaptations with Writer’s Digest’s editor-in-chief Amy Jones and content editor Michael Woodson on “Writer’s Digest Presents” podcast.
In the second episode of season three of the "Writer's Digest Presents" podcast, editor-in-chief Amy Jones and content editor Michael Woodson chat with Script magazine's editor-in-chief Sadie Dean about adaptations.
Is it being 100 percent faithful to the source material? Is it making necessary updates to literary classics? Is it including the author in the adapting process? In this episode, Writer's Digest's editor-in-chief Amy Jones and content editor Michael Woodson sit down for a chat with Script magazine's editor-in-chief Sadie Dean about what makes a good adaptation, what makes a bad one, and the times when the adaptation was better than the book.
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