Great Adaptations: Screenwriting and Global Storytelling

<p><em>Great Adaptations: Screenwriting and Global Storytelling</em> is the Second Place Winner in the 2019 International Writers Awards!</p><p>A vast majority of Academy Award-winning Best Pictures, television movies of the week, and mini-series are adaptations, watched by millions of people globally. <i>Great Adaptations: Screenwriting and Global Storytelling </i>examines the technical methods of adapting novels, short stories, plays, life stories, magazine articles, blogs, comic books, graphic novels and videogames from one medium to another, focusing on the screenplay. Written in a clear and succinct style, perfect for intermediate and advanced screenwriting students, <i>Great Adaptations</i> explores topics essential to fully appreciating the creative, historical and sociological aspects of the adaptation process. It also provides up-to-date, practical advice on the legalities of acquiring rights and optioning and selling adaptations, and is inclusive of a diverse variety of perspectives that will inspire and challenge students and screenwriters alike.</p><p>Please follow the link below to a short excerpt from an interview with Carole Dean about <em>Great Adaptations</em>:</p><p>https://fromtheheartproductions.com/getting-creative-when-creating-great-adaptations/</p> <p>Preface</p><p>Acknowledgments</p><p>PART I INTRODUCING ADAPTATION</p><p>1 Creative Issues</p><p>2 Career Issues</p><p>3 The Ethics and Aesthetics of Adaptation</p><p>PART II APPLYING SCREENPLAY PRINCIPLES TO ADAPTATION</p><p>4 Plot</p><p>5 Setting</p><p>7 Dialogue</p><p>8 Structure: Heroes and Heroines – Where Are We Going?</p><p>PART III A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO ADAPTATION</p><p>9 The Process</p><p>PART IV RENEWING THE SPIRIT IN MYTHS AND FAIRY TALES</p><p>10 Fairy Tale Factors: From Spindle to Kindle</p><p>11 The Beasts: From Cocteau to Cable</p><p>PART V GLOBAL STORYTELLING REVISITED</p><p>12 Stories without Borders</p><p>13 Regional vs. International Perspectives</p><p>PART VI MODERN PERSPECTIVES ON ROMANCE</p><p>14 Love and Romance Adaptations</p><p>PART VII BRINGING UP THE CLASSICS</p><p>15 From Ancient Greece to Hollywood and Nollywood</p><p>16 Chunhyang, Orpheus and Other Myths</p><p>17 Keeping It Literary in China</p><p>PART VIII EMBRACING AND RETHINKING STRUCTURE</p><p>18 Timing the Times:</p><p>19 Alternative Focus Topics for the Story of Malcolm X</p><p>PART IX CENSORSHIP</p><p>20 Retelling, Limited</p><p>PART X FUTURE ADAPTATIONS</p><p>21 Future Adaptations</p><p>Selected Bibliography</p><p>Index</p>