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Hollywood loves adapting intellectual property for the screen. Learn how to turn a book into a movie to double your odds of success by writing in multiple mediums.

INTERVIEW: Die-Hard Mets Fan, Joe Benedetto, on Writing the Adaptation, AMAZIN'

INTERVIEW: Writer/Director John Lee Hancock on Adaptations, Breaking In, and "The Little Things"

INTERVIEW: Edward Norton, Writer/Director/Star of "Motherless Brooklyn"

Screenwriter Peter Morgan Discusses the Frost/Nixon Showdown in San Clemente

From Page to Screen: The Adaptation of Red Sparrow

From Page to Screen: Adapting Every Day

Susan Kouguell Interviews We the Animals Director and Screenwriter Jeremiah Zagar and Screenwriting Collaborator Daniel Kitrosser

INTERVIEW: Director Paul Dano and Co-Screenwriter Zoe Kazan on Adapting Wildlife

INTERVIEW: Sara Colangelo, Writer/Director of The Kindergarten Teacher

CROSS ROAD: Indivisible with David G. Evans

CROSS ROAD: The Little Women of Clare Niederpruem

INTERVIEW: Ethan Hawke, Writer/Director of Blaze, and Co-Writer Sybil Rosen

Susan Kouguell Speaks with Desiree Akhavan – Writer and Director of The Miseducation of Cameron Post

SCREENWRITER’S GUIDEPOST: Adapt or Die - 3 Essential Tips for Writing Adaptations

INTERVIEW: Claire Danes and Screenwriter Daniel Pearle, on A Kid Like Jake

INTERVIEW: Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber Oscar-Nominated Screenwriters of The Disaster Artist

SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: Writing The Tunnel

WRITERS ON WRITING: The Adaptation Process of A Single Man

Screenwriter Insight: Wonderstruck’s Brian Selznick Draws the Adaptation

ALTERNATE ROUTES: Screenwriting Using the Public Domain

Susan Kouguell Speaks with the Marshall Screenwriters and Executive Producer

So You Wanna Be a Novelist: Novel Writing Tips for Screenwriters

Writer and Director Dee Rees Discusses Mudbound

How I Turned My Screenplay Into a Novel

BALLS OF STEEL: Challenge Yourself to Change - Storytelling Mediums

SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Writer, Director, and Producer Griff Furst Talks About His Latest Film, Cold Moon

WRITERS ON WRITING: Tate Taylor's Story Behind Adapting The Help

SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: The Tunnel - An Unfiltered Journey Through Hell

INTERVIEW: Rachel Weisz and Roger Michell - My Cousin Rachel

INTERVIEW: Alex von Tunzelmann Historian and Screenwriter of Churchill

Susan Kouguell Speaks with The Foster Portfolio Filmmaker Danielle Katvan at Tribeca Film Festival

INTERVIEW: Margot Lee Shetterly Talks Hidden Figures

INTERVIEW : Adapting a Play - Down the 'Rabbit Hole'

NAVIGATING HOLLYWOOD: Manny Writes a Book (a.k.a. BURST!)

STORY BROADS: Adaptation Perspiration - Lessons in Various Trenches

INTERVIEW: Screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson Brings 'The Girl on the Train' to Life

SUPER-HERO, SUPER-CHANGE: Evolution of the Spider-Man Characters in Development Process

Examining the Marvel Supervillains –Obadiah Stane AKA The Iron Monger

Suspension of Disbelief: Making a Hollywood Dream a Reality

WRITERS ON WRITING: Love and Other Drugs

WRITERS ON WRITING: Interview with Screenwriters of 'Minority Report' Jon Cohen and Scott Frank

ADAPTATION: Turning Your TV Series Into a Novel Series - Q&A with Stephen David Brooks & Jeff Lyons

WRITERS ON WRITING: Lucinda Coxon on Theatre, Breaking In and The Danish Girl

YOUR TV GUIDE to Adaptation

FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN: Mark L. Smith, Screenwriter of 'The Revenant'

REVERSE ADAPTATION: Should You Turn Your Script Into a Novel?

'Suffragette' Screenwriter Abi Morgan and 'The Assassin' Writer/Director Hou Hsiao-Hsien on Adapting Historical Events

Aaron Sorkin on Adapting the Film 'Steve Jobs'

Director Robert Zemeckis Talks 'The Walk' and Adaptation

FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN: 'The Hours'