Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Some Pub for "Recalled to Life"

From the LaGrange Patch, an interesting piece about "Recalled to Life" author Dan Burns. He revealed his atypical method of constructing the story...

For Burns, a 22-year resident of La Grange, that meant developing a unique process where he writes a screenplay first that he then adapts and fleshes out as a novel.

“It is completely different,” he said, “but it works for me.”

Burns said a screenplay's simplified structure helps him to see if it makes sense to expand the story into a book.

The story is also ready to film should Hollywood come calling.

“By the sheer process (of turning a novel into a screenplay), you have to make cuts, and a lot of times the essence changes because so much is cut,” he said. “People who read the book, in this case it will be what you read.”

Lots more about Dan Burns and "Recalled to Life" at the link above.

Of course, "Recalled to Life" is available at eckhartzpress.com.