The longest-running book marketing podcast in the world. This is the show for writers who want to build their platform, sell more books, and change the world with writing worth talking about. Whether you self publish or are with a traditional house, this podcast will make book promotion fun and easy. Thomas Umstattd Jr. interviews publishers, indie authors, and bestselling traditional authors about how to get published and sell more books.
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episode 402: From Page to Screen: How to Adapt your Novel into a Screenplay
Do you long to see your story on the big screen? If so, I have good news.
Every streaming platform is desperate for new content to give them the edge in the ongoing streaming wars, and traditional TV stations and movie companies are as prolific as ever. Even radio stations and theaters are looking for new content.
But how do you turn a 100,000-word novel, which would be a 12-hour audiobook, into a two-hour movie? Is that even possible? Where do you begin?
Few things boost a book's sales like a giant Hollywood marketing campaign for the movie based on a book.
But how do you turn your book into a screenplay?
I asked Charles Harris in this week's episode. He's a bestselling author and award-winning director who's helped hundreds of authors turn their novels into screenplays.
You'll discover
- Differences between writing a book and a screenplay
- Techniques to distill your novel into a much shorter screenplay
- What kind of novel makes a good screenplay
Listen in or check out the blog post to discover the important differences between writing for the page and the screen and find out how to turn your novel into a screenplay.
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