Welcome to this three-part miniseries about the book-to-movie process. Contrary to what I mentioned in the recording, the next two will be published this week! 🙂
I’ll be sharing some of what I learned when my memoir, Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters, became Stolen By Their Father on Lifetime Television, and mistakes I made (and nearly made) throughout the process. I’ll answer questions some of you have asked, relying on my experience and my research that included speaking with a screenwriter, a producer, an author-turned screenwriter, and an author who signed too many rights away when optioning her memoir.
In this minisode, you will learn:
*The advantages of working with a literary or film agent when considering optioning your book rights outweigh the inconveniece or expense of doing so.
* Authors do not need to wait to be “discovered” to move forward with their book-to-movie process. Contests, hiring a screenwriting coach or consultant
* Unknown screenwriters need a person in their corner to connect them to the right people in the film industry.
(Authors, you’re invited to sign up for my free Masterclass -The Three Mistakes New Authors Make and the Mindset Shifts to Fix Them on May 4 and 5th, 2022. Click HERE for May 4 and HERE for May 5)
For Resources mentioned in this podcast series
https://www.janefriedman.com/how-to-sell-your-screenplay/
https://www.janefriedman.com/what-kind-of-book-translates-well-to-screen/
https://www.janefriedman.com/books-to-film-option-versus-shopping-agreement/
Fabulous round table with writing and film experts on Lit Hub- https://lithub.com/literary-roundtable-how-does-a-book-get-adapted-for-tv-or-film/
Susan Joyce, author at https://susanjoycejourneys.com/
Susan recommends:
Masterclass https://www.masterclass.com/classes/shonda-rhimes-teaches-writing-for-television
Stage 32, a public forum.
How My First Novel Became a Movie by Caren Lissner, published in The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/09/how-my-first-novel-became-a-movie/539430/
Books on screenwriting
Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting by Syd Field
Bio: Lizbeth Meredith is an author, speaker, and online teacher whose memoir is now a movie on Lifetime.