SPS 191: Turning Your Book Into A Movie (From Book To Script) with Sara McDermott Jain

Self Publishing School: How To Write A Book That Grows Your Impact, Income, And Business

Chandler Bolt, Founder of selfpublishing.com

Courses, How To Publish A Book, Self Publishing, Business, Books, Arts, How To Write A Book, Education, Book Marketing, Traditional Publishing, Book Publishing

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🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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If you've ever considered turning your book into a movie, this podcast interview is a must-listen. In this episode, I'm joined by Sara McDermott Jain, a 15-year screenplay writer and creator of the Book To Script course. Together, we cover a masterclass on how to turn a book into a movie. During the interview, we delve into a variety of topics, including whether to write the screenplay or the book first, the average word count of a screenplay, and the three key elements of a great screenplay ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Self Publishing School podcast. This is the podcast to listen to if you're an
0:07.7	aspiring writer or an author who wants to be more successful. On this show, you'll learn how to
0:13.1	write and launch a book successfully, all from the top authors and people just like you
0:17.8	who are doing it at the highest level. I'm your host, Chandler Bolt, the founder
0:22.0	of self-publishing school, the author of the book called Published and the CEO of
0:27.5	Selfpublishing.com. For free training on how to publish a book that sells 10,000 copies,
0:32.5	go to self-publishing.com forward slash free training.
0:38.8	Hey, Chandler Bolt here and joining me today is Sarah McDermott, Jane.
0:43.9	Sarah is an award-winning, produced screenwriter and the international best-selling author of a book
0:49.4	called Wolves at Night. She's also a creator of the book to script course, which shows authors how to adapt
0:56.7	their books into screenplays. And she teaches both screenwriting and novel writing at a college level.
1:02.4	That's what we're going to be talking about. How do you turn your book into a screenplay?
1:08.4	Maybe even how you turn your screenplay in a book. We'll see if we get to that.
1:12.6	Which should you do first? Is there even any hope that this book is going to be turned into a
1:18.2	movie? We'll try to impact all that stuff. My goal is this will be a go-to resource if you're
1:22.8	looking to turn your book into a movie. So if that's you, buckle up or if you know someone who this is their
1:30.7	goal, then share this episode with them and they're, I hope you're both in for a treat. So Sarah,
1:34.9	welcome. Fantastic. Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to talk about this. And I really
1:39.9	do believe that for most authors, this is a dream of having their book, you know, turned into a
1:44.3	movie. So definitely a topic to cover. Yeah, who wouldn't want that, right? So the age old question,
1:50.8	which came first, the chicken of the egg? For you, which came first, being a screen, writing screenplays
1:56.5	or being an author? So my background is sort of this interesting mix of like publishing and screenwriting.
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