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   Hello, August Abolins.   
   On 11/1/20 8:35 PM you wrote:   
      
    AA> On 01/11/2020 4:14 a.m., Charles Pierson : August Abolins wrote:   
    CP>> ..The author was on the list as well. He mentioned several times    
    CP>> over the years of various projects or deals such as possible    
    CP>> movie or television adaptations.   
    AA> There are quite a few authors who seem to write as if their    
    AA> stories would play out as a movie.  Some are: James Patterson Dean    
    AA> Koontz Dan Brown   
      
   Yes, I've noticed.   
       
    CP>> ..While negotiations were going on, he would never say anything    
    CP>> more than he was in talks about a project. Not even what the    
    CP>> project was, until negotiations were complete.   
    AA> They are often under a do-not-disclose clause.   
      
   Yes this was generally the case.   
       
    AA> Sometimes the author is very particular in having control in the    
    AA> story-line for a film version.   
      
   I think that's likely a breakdown of negotiations in some cases.   
       
    AA> One recent story I compared between book and film was Diamonds are    
    AA> Forever.  The film is a very radical departure from the original    
    AA> story.  I guess some film directors/screenwriters believe they can    
    AA> improve the original.   
      
   It happens a lot.   
      
    CP>> The only thing out of all of that I saw over the years was a    
    CP>> comic book/graphic novel type adaptation of one of his short    
    CP>> stories.   
    AA> Is that a quiz?  Who is that author?   
      
   No quiz intended. Raymond Feist is the author.   
      
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