Going from novel to screenplay
4 min readMay 3, 2024
Writers need to tell a story the way it needs to be written. And with my latest work-in-progress, my post-apocalyptic novel needed to be a post-apocalyptic screenplay. Changing directions turned out to be the right decision. The screenplay format enables me to develop characters and take scenes in directions I hadn’t thought of in prose. Humorous scenes are becoming more humorous. I can create more suspense. I’m happy with the…