By Erin L. Cox Jacqueline Woodson has recently adapted her award-winning book LOCOMOTION for the Kennedy Center stage (the show premieres on October 23rd). In a piece she wrote for The Huffington Post, she talks about the inspiration for the story and how she adapted it for the stage. Earlier this summer, I worked on a film “Capture the Flag,” …
Literary 360: Rebecca Chace on Going from Screenplay to Novel to Screenplay
By Rebecca Chace I didn’t know anything about writing screenplays, but the novel first appeared in my head as a movie. At the time I was a working actor who had grown up in a family of New York writers and didn’t think of myself as a writer. Don’t get me wrong, I wrote constantly: backstage between scenes, in trailers …
What Novels Would You Like to See Adapted to Film?
By Edward Nawotka In today’s lead story Rebecca Chace describes her experience adapting her screenplay Capture the Flag into a novel and then again into a short film. This prompts today’s discussion question: Which books would you like to see adapted to film? If you have a great suggestion, then let us know in the comments. I’ll start us off: …