tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591408001105788522024-02-19T16:59:31.394-08:00Aaron and Tamara Cole BooksAaron and Tamara Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13249921781654650644noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59140800110578852.post-20594441680558772042014-06-23T10:38:00.001-07:002014-06-23T10:42:05.846-07:00Book to Film Adaptions<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>By <a href="http://twitter.com/aaron_cole">Aaron Cole</a></b><br />
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<b>I sincerely apologize for the prolonged absence. I didn’t
even really realize how long it had been since Tamara and I posted. Long story
short we both started school last August (right after our last blog post) and
summer started a few days ago for us. In that time We worked on writing a few things
( 2 collabs and 2 solo projects).I’ll do a proper update in another post and
hope to start blogging more frequently.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Today’s post is an age old question asked by <a href="http://teenscanwritetoo.wordpress.com/">TCWT </a><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>“What are your thoughts on book-to-movie adaptions?”</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>I personally am all for book -to-movie adaptions. <o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<b>People always say Hollywood is running out if ideas, so
it turns to books and remakes for adaptions, but that’s just not the truth. The
truth is, book to film adaptions are nothing new. Think back to some of the greatest
movies of our times ex. the Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Breakfast at Tiffany’s,
The Outsiders. Hollywood has been adapting books to film for generations. It's
not a fad, and it won't be stopping any time soon. </b><o:p></o:p><br />
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<b>Recently, the adaptation I have been obsessed with (as my
mom, dad and siblings will tell you with a sigh and an eye roll) is The Fault
in Our Stars. I know, I know. There were some changes made and some differences
in the movie, but I think that when adopting a book to a film, change is something
to be expected. There were some small things that I thought didn’t need to be
changed (like Augustus being 18 in the film, even though he was 17 in the book)
but I assumed everything must have been thought out by the people behind it.
Regardless I think the film was amazing, and so realistic. Not to mention
it was emotion and I cried like 694835934534 times. Even considering the
changes, I’d see it again in a heartbeat. Scripts and novels are designed
differently and have completely different structures. It is impossible to
think every single detail from the book can make it into the movie.<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<b>A movie has to flow a certain way to get a plot across,
just like a book. Most of the times book adoptions are two hours. Think about
how long it takes you to read. For me, if a book is amazing I can finish it in
around six hours. That would be ALOT of unnecessary detail if an entire
book was formed into a movie. As a fan of books, I appreciate when a book gets
a movie adoption because it bring a whole new set of readers to the community.
(Even though, I'll admit it does make you feel a little less hipster
when a book you love becomes mainstream.)<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<b>Now onto the next question. <o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<b>“Would you one day want your book made into a movie, or
probably not?”<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<b>It would be really awesome if one day someone wanted to
turn my book it a movie. For my current WIP, I think it seems more like a miniseries,
but I would be up for an adaption of any kind. I think that if that ever did
happen, I'd want to be as involved as I possibly can. Being an assistant
director (who just runs errands for the director and crew) would be amazing and
if it was approved I'd would want an opportunity to help with a script. My
reason being, I write YA and most of the time in movies the dialogue sounds
like it was written by a middle aged person trying to sound like a teenager,
not an actually teenager, I think I’d want to help make the dialogue sound real.
(NOTE: I do not have anything against middle aged people, I actually live with
a lovely middle age couple who are nice to me most of the time, my parents).
Even though I am studying theatre (acting professionally is another one of my dream jobs), I
also would love to get a screenwriting degree (USC is literally my dream
college).<o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<b>The first time I ever attempted to write anything I was
around seven years old. It was actually a script, not a book. The said script was
almost a direct rip off of the movie ‘Spy Kids’. (Don't act like you weren't a
fan). After that script, all of the things that I wrote were directly influenced
by the movies I watched or from the books I read. It wasn't until I got high
school (maybe a little bit before that) that I started to create my own
original ideas. So movies really influenced what I wrote, whether I chose to
recognize it or not. <o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<b>Even though I would love to be involved so I can learn more
about the film world, I'd want the people who are involved in the making of the
film to be in charge. I wouldn't want to be that pesky person who demands for
everything to be perfect. (I’m not sure I’ve ever heard of a writer like
that). <o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<b>Usually, I've noticed that whenever the writer of the
book responsible for the book adaption is involved or constantly visits the set
of their movie, the movie is always really good. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Ex. Suzanne Collins wrote the first Hunger Games script,
John Green was present on TFIOS set, Veronica Roth was present on the Divergent
set and Louis Sachar wrote the script of Holes. So I think that when the writer
of the novel gets involved the movie, for the most part the movie ends up
better. <o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<b>All in all, as long as the book to film adaption looks
good, sign me up and I’ll see it.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b> Side note: Some of
the adoptions I'm looking forward to are Paper Towns, Grasshopper Jungle, Winger,
and The Giver. I wish someone would attempt to do the phantom tollbooth
again. I LOVED that book.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b> Don't forget to check out everyone else's blog for the June Chain!</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hi my name is Aaron Cole and I am a queryholic. This is my
first time to Query Anonymous and Today I had multiple relapses.</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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4 days ago Tamara and I sent out about 10 queries. I now
realize Fourth of July week was probably a bad time to send the queries in
question out. It is not like I don’t love the query, In fact I think I love it
more than I should and we have been working on it for months, the problem is
this is a week many people want to spend with their families. I’m not sure if
the agents who received them even have had the time to subjectively read the
query given their already busy schedule. (This is my excuse for some of the agents
who have not gotten back to us.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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The response to the query has been…..I will share that info
in a few weeks when the future of TGOP is known. (TGOP is the current abbreviation
for the Title of the book, from here on out that’s what I will call it)<o:p></o:p></div>
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During this time I have learned that I am not a very patient
person. Between watching Gidget reruns with my mom and trying to live a query
free life style my mind somehow always drifts back to it. Often I have self-diagnosed
panic attacks as a result of this query epidemic. In the event that these panic
attacks cause my death from my query withdrawal I have composed a list to help
other writers going through the same addiction.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>PROBLEM #1 DONT REFRESH YOUR EMAIL</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Do not, I repeat DO NOT refresh your email every second
after logging in. 5 seconds logged in to
your email is not soon enough to refresh your email and it will not make much
of a difference , trust me. To me it is a good thing that the emails aren’t pouring
in. I feel if an agent isn’t super snappy with a response to your query they are
carefully reviewing other queries. I would rather have a carefully reviewed
query with notes (If said agent provides them) then a rushed response.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Solution: Check your email a few times a day.</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Chances are if you have that shining email with a request
for a partial or full manuscript the agent will still be equally as interested
when you do get a chance to read and response .You sent to them, they know you
are interested in working together. The saying ‘distance makes the heart grow
fonder’ is true in this example. You will be more excited when the shining email
is less expected.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>PROBLEM # 2 DONT GO ON QUERY TRACKER</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Stay far away from this lovely site .You are welcome to post
that your query has been sent, but besides that don’t log on until after the
agent you queried has responded to you. Both Tamara and I are Guilty of
checking on agents that we queried on QT. In a specific example we were creeping
on (anonymous agent's) page and saw that
(she /he) sent rejections and request for fulls 2 days after we sent the query,
and right now the agent hasn’t gotten back to us. This particular agent responds
to every query received as well. The
most recent query that the agent responded to on July 3rd was one from the end
of June so anonymous agent was probably, and still may be backed up with queries.
So all is well.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Solution: Find other places on the internet to vent, ex .a
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Now that your baby manuscript and query are all grown up and
going to find that perfect college (aka agent) you have realized you have more
free time then you expected. Instead of checking on your query every second
(give it space to grow overbearing parent!) You can pick up other hobbies. This blog has
been a wonderful escape from QT and all of the mixed emotions I feel when
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>PROBLEM # 3 DONT STAY TRAPPED IN YOUR HOUSE</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Do not pass up an opportunity to do actives outside of your
home. I’ve done this in the writing process a few times and vowed not to anymore.
I almost didn’t do a few fun things while querying like going out to eat with
family today or swimming in our pool that has barley been used since we moved
here. When you skip out on fun things the work starts to feel like, well work. It
puts stress on you that no longer makes the writing process fun. Think about
why you wrote in the first place, it most likely was to experience a fun new
world and dive into the characters you so beautifully created, don’t lose that mentality.
Drop the idea that query time has to be boring because that is the furthest
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Solution: Go out and have fun! </b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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During revisions/querying I went to a Miley Cyrus concert
that I almost missed because I was afraid I would finish the revision/query on time.
If you are a writer without a deadline one day of frolic and fun won’t hurt
anything. In fact it may actually help you. After the Miley concert I had a lot
more FRESH Ideas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>PROBLEM #4 DONT CALL THE AGENTS</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Do not call an agent whist querying. During this query
process I have learned that I have crazy mood swings, One day I feel confident
about my work, the next I feel like I have no idea what I have gotten myself in
to. On the unconfident days I
tried to look up agents who I think would be a good fit for TGOP (Incase some
of the agents on the list hate the idea).Many of these agents have been
overseas. Because I know not to call agents in the USA I figured why not call
someone in the UK? It was a bad Idea and the agent who I called wasn’t even
accepting queries or enquires as they call them in the United Kingdom. They
were very sweet and thank the heavens I didn’t leave my name.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Solution: Read or watch interview with agents.</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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This is a much better
option than stalking the agents. You can get to learn more about them without
them knowing .Currently I am watching a Literary Agents: Full Uncensored
Interview by the Hollywood Reporter, it’s amazing and I recommend it to
everyone reading. (Click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL5bcAXTZys">here</a> to watch)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>PROBLEM #5 DONT PICK APART SENT QUERY</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Do not pick apart your sent query. Step away from the query,
I repeat Step away from the query! The query you sent has been worked on to the
absolute best of your ability. You spent months working on your query and it is
as perfect as you could get. If it wasn’t you would not have sent it. At this
point there is nothing you can do to make the query better. Even if you do
tweak it the query has been sent and it is not a good idea to send this hypothetically tweaked query to them.(You
could but you most likely will get a swift rejecting for double submission, so
this is for the best.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Solution: Wait.</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Wait for the agents to email feedback to you, with their
information you can tweak your query, if necessary. Hopefully your dream agent
loves your query and you can move forward in this crazy world of publishing
journey.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">May the Force be with all your queries!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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So we are wrapping up revisions and preparing to send our baby MS out into the world in the coming weeks. (Tamara is also going to California State University so this works for her too)<br />
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I sent our current Query out to 2 places on the interweb today for critiques and am waiting to see how the response is.Its so strange because for the first half of the year I've watched it grow from zero words to a 100k MS! That is a lot of words. Eventually in the coming days when we finish this batch of revisions it will be taken down ...A lot. Most likely by a few thousand .</div>
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This is the first MS I had the pleasure of writing and is the most words I have ever written in my life . I am so proud that we actually buckled down and accomplished what we sent out to do ,so regardless of what happens in our publishing future( If there is one,I have faith that there will be) I am perfectly content.Worst case scenario I have a story that I love that I could pass along to my family and hope that they love it as much as I do.</div>
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Speaking of Family our Grandmother visited from Georgia recently ( she went back home on Monday) We had a blast. We went to Universal Studio's Hollywood ( Although it is in Studio City -Not Hollywood) and took her to the amazing In-N-Out (now i'm crazing in-n -out). During her visit Tamara and I were often huddled around our laptop ,working on revisions like mad men(in Tamara's case woman).Ironically grandma's last day in town was the day we finally finished the MS and had a looser schedule to take her where she wanted to visit .Don't worry my mom and dad took her to Hollywood which I sadly missed,not because of the MS but because they left at 7 am and I am in no why shape or form a morning person.I didn't receive the text from my mom until I woke up at 11 (But i have Hollywood with grandma in the past so i haven't missed out entirely.</div>
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Besides the MS being completed a lot of other wonderfully amazing things happened.I got my permit,Tamara Got her License ,and Tamara Graduated High School !!!!!! (the use of unnecessary capitalization is crazy) She graduated from the same school as me ,although she attended a different section of it .She was the top of her class and we are all extremely proud of her. After the graduation we went to Cheesecake Factory to celebrate and had a cook out at when we got home.We eat a lot.</div>
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With school being out of the way for the summer for both of us we can now focus on other things .This means making the MS the best it can possibly be ( A small goal for me in the summer is to get my license!) So I guess If I want the book to be completely done I should get back to editing and revising and stop procrastinating ( Fine, I admit it that is what I'm doing)</div>
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