Long time no chat, everyone, and happy to be back.
The regulars know that I was a regular here, talking about my epic sci-fi film, and they also know I've been all talk and no action for years. Now, I'm mostly talk and some writing, because I've decided to approach the project as a writer, as opposed to a director or actor. One avenue, which I am approaching, is to write a series of novels and manuals and adapt them to the screen.
I have begun the initial process of writing, but this problem keeps buzzing in the back of my mind. The story length of an episode seems to be far shorter than the length of a published novel, which is a problem for me. I think that adapting a novel to a movie can be easy, as witness the adaptation of The Godfather, for example, but doing it for an hour-length episode seems problematic.
I would like to talk to someone who is familiar with adapting books to screenplay and vice versa, and I would be willing to pay a reasonable fee. In the meantime, if anyone here can give their thoughts, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance for your help.
The regulars know that I was a regular here, talking about my epic sci-fi film, and they also know I've been all talk and no action for years. Now, I'm mostly talk and some writing, because I've decided to approach the project as a writer, as opposed to a director or actor. One avenue, which I am approaching, is to write a series of novels and manuals and adapt them to the screen.
I have begun the initial process of writing, but this problem keeps buzzing in the back of my mind. The story length of an episode seems to be far shorter than the length of a published novel, which is a problem for me. I think that adapting a novel to a movie can be easy, as witness the adaptation of The Godfather, for example, but doing it for an hour-length episode seems problematic.
I would like to talk to someone who is familiar with adapting books to screenplay and vice versa, and I would be willing to pay a reasonable fee. In the meantime, if anyone here can give their thoughts, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks in advance for your help.