by DianneSalerni | Jan 21, 2010 | screenplay, We Hear the Dead, writing
How many times have you heard someone complain: “The movie isn’t like the book!” I’m pretty sure I have complained about that myself. Never again. Now my sympathies are entirely with the screenwriter!It’s hard to turn a book into a movie. Heck, it was hard...
by DianneSalerni | Jan 17, 2010 | screenplay, Sourcebooks Fire, Strider Nolan, We Hear the Dead, writing
I wonder if authors appreciate their editors enough. Writing is a very personal thing, and, especially in fiction, the characters and events created on the page can be vividly real to the author. I imagine that the initial reaction of most writers, when asked to...
