{"product_id":"how-to-adapt-anything-into-richard-krevolin-9780471225454","title":"How to Adapt Anything Into a Screenplay","description":"From concept to finished draft-a nuts-and-bolts approach to adaptations\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Aspiring 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.\u003cbr\u003e * Outlines a series of stages that help you structure your story to fit the needs of a 120-page screenplay\u003cbr\u003e * Explains how to adapt anything for Hollywood, from a single sentence story idea all the way to a thousand-page novel\u003cbr\u003e * Advises on the tricky subject of just how faithful your adaptation should be\u003cbr\u003e * Features 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Krevolin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0471225452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780471225454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.04w x 0.64d","brand":"Richard Krevolin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980965740799,"sku":"9780471225454","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94ac0cf9-a348-48f2-a435-ff0df6e3340d.jpg?v=1683252928","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-to-adapt-anything-into-richard-krevolin-9780471225454","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}