Tag Archives: Writing Movies for Fun and Profit

Repeat, Read, Repeat

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Tonette Joyce

It’s Free Week and I want to revisit something that although I have addressed in the past, it has come up a few times quite recently here on 4F,1H: You can’t judge books by their TV shows or movies, (and … Continue reading →

Posted in advice, Anthologies, audiobooks, authors, blogging, book review, book series, Books, characters, chicken, collections, contemporary, cozy mystery, descriptions, free week, libraries, Miscellaneous, movies, novels, Patricia Kiyono, protagonists, Random thoughts, reading, reading preferences, series, Tonette Joyce, TV, TV series, writers | Tagged Agatha Raisin, Changing books for movies, changing books for TV, Forrest Gump, Hamish Macbeth, M.C.Beaton, OPTIONING written works, Rosie Dunne, The Poor Relations, The Time Traveler's Wife, translating books to movies, translating books to TV, Writing for movies, Writing for TV, Writing Movies for Fun and Profit | 5 Comments

Cut and Paste

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Tonette Joyce

Get it? “Condensed” versions had ‘extra scenes’. EXTRA. I have read many a tedious book or parts that I skimmed through, (Elaine mentioned “War and Peace” earlier in the week; I could not have cared less from which direction Napoleon … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthologies, big plans, Books, collections, Compilations, decisions, editing, experiences, memories, Miscellaneous, novels, plots, publishing, Tonette Joyce, writing | Tagged adding to stories, Editing stories, James Michener, James Michener's Centennial, Kelly's Book Club, Oprah Book club, Reader's Digest, Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Step[hen King, Writing Movies for Fun and Profit | 7 Comments

Move Along, Movies

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Tonette Joyce

Best books-to-movies? I know that we have covered this; I absolutely know that I have brought up the best movies made from terrible books. Yes, it happens; books are not “always ruined” when made into movies. I will once again … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, Books, characters, dialogue, favorites, imagination, inspiration, movies, novels, performances, romance, Tonette Joyce | Tagged "Rebecca", casting movies, Daphne du Maurier, Debbie Reynolds, Forrest Gump, George Sanders, Gladys Cooper, Hary Potter, J.R.Rowling, Janet Evanovich, Jaon Fontaine, Katherine Heigl, Lawrence Olivier, Movies from books, Optioning intellectual property for movies, Robert Ben Garant, Ship of Fools, Stephanie Plum, The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Time Traveler's Wife, Thomas Lennon, Writing Movies for Fun and Profit | 5 Comments

Memento Momento

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Tonette Joyce

The topic this week is: Would we like to be asked to do the novelization of a movie, or why not? If so, what movie. Many movies are based on stories, novels or based on plays, but quite a few … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, Books, characters, imagination, Miscellaneous, movies, novels, reading, short stories, Tonette Joyce, What if, writing | Tagged Allyn Kirk, books-to-movies, Christopher Reeve, Forrest Gump, Glenn Ford, Memento:movie, movies, Noel Neill, Phyllis Thaxter, Ratatouille, Robert Ben Garant, Screenplays, Stories to movies, Superman, The Incredibles, The Sixth Sense, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Usual Suspects, Thomas Lennon, Writing Movies for Fun and Profit | 4 Comments

Cinema Magic, Book Enchantment

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Tonette Joyce

This week we are talking about books that we have read after seeing a movie on which they were based . I was surprised to realize I had done this quite a bit. Last week I brought up a sort … Continue reading →