Ep124: From Screenwriter to Published Author with Jane Rosen
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Books:
Valerie--Wildwood Magic by Willa Reece
Erick--Dead in the West by Joe Lansdale
Jane--You Were Always Mine by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza
Show Notes:
Jane's local bookstore: McNally Jackson, Seaport location
May release: On Fire Island
On Fire Island Spotify playlist
Her first book was translated in ten languages
Sold first screenplay (optioned three times; never made the film)
Fired from own idea (reworked it 10 times)
Eliza Starts A Rumor optioned by NBC (someone else is writing T.V. show)
Nine Women One Dress (novels get made into movies faster than screenplays do); has been optioned twice.
On Fire Island was a script first and then novel.
“Novice" = when you write a screenplay and add descriptions of place and characters; that's some else's job.
Phoebe Cates (Kevin Kline's wife) is first reader
Wants to try write stage play. One book a year, so it'll have to wait.
Writing books is best thing to do during a writer's strike.
"Chat GPT didn't go to fat camp." (Favorite picket sign.)
Crafting the perfect sentence feels really good. It's fun to write a metaphor. It's my own, as opposed to the screenplay which isn't yours anymore.
Chaos creates a distraction lets me think. Write first rough with noise. Editing needs quiet. (For the polish.) Start early morning (no minutia) can do for hours. Use the clear mind.
Map out the story on notecards but then don't look at them again.
Woman's life falls apart trope (Seven Summer Weekends takes place back on Fire Island.)
