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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