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Book SynopsisDrawing on his own experiences of adaptations and on fourteen years of teaching, the author presents his seven step process for aspiring screenwriters on how to adapt from novels and short stories to newspaper articles and poems into a screenplay.
Table of ContentsForeword by Jeff Arch.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. A Short History of Adaptations.
2. Professor K.’s Five-Step Adaptation Process.
3. Legal Issues of Adaptations.
4. How Faithful Should Adaptations Be?
Case Study: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
5. Mining the Vein and Extracting the Gold.
Case Study: The Shawshank Redemption.
6. Truth, Lies, and Alternative Structures.
Case Study: Rashomon.
7. Compiling Characters, Cherry-Picking, and Captain Phenomenal.
Case Study: The Patriot.
8. Reinterpreting and Reinventing the Storytelling Wheel.
Case Study: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
9. I Know It Really Happened That Way, But . . . .
Case Study: Madison.
10. Learning by Writing Across the Genres.
Case Study: Glengarry Glen Ross.
11. Good, Evil, and the Eternal Combat Over Adaptations.
Case Study: X-Men.
12. Smart Choices with Source Material.
Case Study: Shiloh.
13. Hints from and Interviews with Hollywood Bigwigs.
Bibliography.
Filmography.
