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tnt: don't judge a book by its movie
Oct. 27th, 2010 10:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
azuireDon't forget this week's challenge contest: Delicate! All dialogue or no dialogue.
Editors, don't forget to catch up with any edits you may have.
It's the last week before NaNo so I thought we'd have a bit of a breather with this week's TnT. I've been rereading some of my favourite Philip K. Dick novels and recalled a phrase from a teacher while studying them -- that PKD's books made excellent films because they were simply written that way. There's some books that we can agree make horrible films, and others that seem made for the adaptations, and yet others that are more suitable as long-running television shows, such as A Song of Ice and Fire, and there's some books that should be left alone: House of Leaves might make a good film or mini-series, but I would honestly prefer it remained a book.
Do you think there is a "best" medium for a story? Is it possible for a story to cross into other mediums successfully? What about your own work?
Editors, don't forget to catch up with any edits you may have.
It's the last week before NaNo so I thought we'd have a bit of a breather with this week's TnT. I've been rereading some of my favourite Philip K. Dick novels and recalled a phrase from a teacher while studying them -- that PKD's books made excellent films because they were simply written that way. There's some books that we can agree make horrible films, and others that seem made for the adaptations, and yet others that are more suitable as long-running television shows, such as A Song of Ice and Fire, and there's some books that should be left alone: House of Leaves might make a good film or mini-series, but I would honestly prefer it remained a book.
Do you think there is a "best" medium for a story? Is it possible for a story to cross into other mediums successfully? What about your own work?
