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# The Art of Adaptation (Owl Books)

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very Practical even though dated
*by G***N on December 28, 2024*

Adapting a novel to a screenplay is like trying to get into a room by climbing through the keyhole in the door. The first problem is learning how to write a screenplay in the first place. This book doesn't really do that. The second problem, though, is much more difficult: how do you fit a 250 page novel into a 110 page screenplay? What is important and what is not? Which characters should you keep and which combine and which jettison? What subplots are essential and which are extraeous? What dialog should be kept and what translated into a visual instead of a verbal? This book answers all these questions and more. It is like an adapter's Bible. Cannot recommend it enough. And if you don't recognize the movies and novels she uses as examples, you shouldn't be adapting anything. So don't complain about how dated it is.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An Excellent Book on Adaptation
*by D***A on April 21, 2008*

Historically, more than 75 percent Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning films have been adaptations of novels, short stories, plays, nonfiction books, and articles.Linda Seger sets the tone of THE ART OF ADAPTATION on the opening page: "In spite of what we may think, there is no such thing as an easy adaptation. We've probably all heard people say, `All you have to do is film the book,' Francis Ford Coppola tried that with the 1974 version of `The Great Gatsby,' and it failed. Others say, `This was immensely popular it's bound to be a blockbuster.' `Bonfire of the Vanities' was a best-seller, but the film was panned."With exceptional lucidity, the author explains the issues and solutions in adaptations from fact and fiction into film. The book includes two detailed examples of successful adaptations: E. M. Foster's novel "A Room with a View" and Andrew Lloyd Webber's play "The Phantom of the Opera." Other examples include "Gone With the Wind," "It's a Wonderful Life," "Deliverance," "Dances With Wolves," " Silence of the Lambs."This was the first Linda Seger screenwriting book I read. Impressed, I went on to study three more: "Creating Unforgettable Characters"; "Making a Good Script Great"; "Advanced Screenwriting." Each of them a five-star book.-- C J Singh

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good reference material
*by S***D on September 2, 2011*

Not having read other books on adaptation, I have nothing to compare this one to but as a stand alone book, it offers a lot of good information on different types of materials to adapt and things to consider when looking for material to adapt.Seger's writing is easy to follow and I find myself referring back to sections I've highlighted so I guess that means I'm getting something out of it. She occasionally seems to spend too much time on analyzing some stories (I found the "Gone with the Wind" stuff to drag quite a bit) but overall you get a lot of insight into different parts of the adaptation game which makes this a good read for those considering or about to take on an adaptation.

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