thickofit
You adapt your books for film, I know, but an awful lot of writers don't. Why is this? I'd have thought that having once created the story, writers would think they were best placed to adapt for the screen.
Is it fun re-imagining your story in a different medium?
It's a great other thing to do, thickof it. Writing a novel is such a solitary business that i find i really enjoy the collaboration of films, having colleagues, going to meetings, hanging out on the set. It is fun and fascinating.. Also, i like the world of film -- many of my friends are actors and directors. The film industry doesn't really like authors adapting their own books -- they feel the author will be too protective. in fact it's often the other way around -- the book is always there -- the film is a bonus and as the author and only begetter of the story you are uniquely placed to authorise bold changes!