I know some people see it as this success when the book is finally made into a movie - that marks its success. I don't see it that way.
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It doesn't really matter if this movie's a success or not, because it's already out there.
Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time success. If not, it's much ado about nothing.
The film is not a success until it makes money. It's only good when there's a dollar figure attached to the box office.
I really believe that the movie will never be as good as the book, both because the book goes on longer - a movie is basically an abridgment of a book - and because books are internal. But they are incredibly powerful. The visual format is, you know, amazing.
I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many readers when it comes to what counts as 'done well.' For me, the most important thing is that the film maintains the spirit of the original book.
But the animation has become very good, and I think that a movie is not a book, and a book is not a movie.
To be quite honest, I've been very blessed when I've worked with Hollywood. The studios that have purchased my work to be adapted to film have really liked the work and wanted to stay as close as they could to what the book was.
Realistically, the chance of any book becoming a film is slim.
I am very lucky: not very many writers can say they genuinely like the film of their book. However, I do.
All the marketing and advertising sells the book as what it is and hopes that the book will be displayed so that your readers can find it.
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