{"product_id":"how-to-adapt-anything-into-a-screenplay-9780471225454","title":"How to Adapt Anything Into a Screenplay","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Krevolin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wiley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wiley\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - Screenwriting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom concept to finished draft-a nuts-and-bolts approach to adaptations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAspiring and established screenwriters everywhere, take note! This down-to-earth guide is the first to clearly articulate the craft of adaptation. Drawing on his own experience and on fourteen years of teaching, screenwriter Richard Krevolin presents his proven five-step process for adapting anything-from novels and short stories to newspaper articles and poems-into a screenplay. Used by thousands of novelists, playwrights, poets, and journalists around the country, this can't-miss process features practical advice on how to break down a story into its essential components, as well as utilizes case studies of successful adaptations. Krevolin also provides an insider's view of working and surviving within the Hollywood system-covering the legal issues, interviewing studio insiders on what they are looking for, and offering tips from established screenwriters who specialize in adaptations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOutlines a series of stages that help you structure your story to fit the needs of a 120-page screenplay\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains how to adapt anything for Hollywood, from a single sentence story idea all the way to a thousand-page novel\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdvises on the tricky subject of just how faithful your adaptation should be\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures helpful hints from Hollywood bigwigs-award-winning television writer Larry Brody; screenwriter and script reader Henry Jones; screenwriter and author Robin Russin; screenwriter and author Simon Rose; and more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45114836058263,"sku":"9780471225454","price":1369.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780471225454.webp?v=1767270140","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/how-to-adapt-anything-into-a-screenplay-9780471225454","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}