tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post1454956563080216434..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: BOOK LAUNCH MONDAY | Bill Fuller's Journey from Scripts to NovelsLinda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-57824389188690969292016-04-17T19:21:09.268-04:002016-04-17T19:21:09.268-04:00That's true, Mark. In TV, it's sort of fo...That's true, Mark. In TV, it's sort of forced upon you, because you only have so many minutes to tell a story -- about 21 minutes for a half-hour show on network television and 42 for a one-hour show. By the time you turn your script in, each scene or vignette is distilled down to its essentials. In writing novels, there's more freedom in terms of length, but that freedom can be a mixed blessing. I've often written a scene that I'm thrilled with upon finishing it. Then I look at it the next day and discover I've overwritten it to death and that the heart of the scene is buried somewhere in the middle, surrounded by unnecessary writing. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15777556330476550833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-60073888222118365212016-04-16T20:53:28.888-04:002016-04-16T20:53:28.888-04:00Interesting description of the differences between...Interesting description of the differences between novel and script writing. Novels seem to make you write in vignettes; which point in time to open and close a vignette is the bugaboo.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10650503447779935487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-64597315895489907342016-04-12T15:28:08.393-04:002016-04-12T15:28:08.393-04:00Thank you, Edith. As I labor through my second bo...Thank you, Edith. As I labor through my second book in this series, I marvel at the fact that you're starting on your eleventh book. Amazing! Hopefully, I'll have it down to a system if I ever achieve what you've been able to. Congrats! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15777556330476550833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-45091062117831952882016-04-12T07:11:18.793-04:002016-04-12T07:11:18.793-04:00Great post, Bill, and congratulations! I think wor...Great post, Bill, and congratulations! I think working collaboratively would be much harder for me than solo. About to start my eleventh book, I kind of have a system down for myself and I know how I work. Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-67563197341707577562016-04-11T14:12:51.844-04:002016-04-11T14:12:51.844-04:00Thanks for writing, Eileen. Fortunately, my novel...Thanks for writing, Eileen. Fortunately, my novel came through the editorial process at Llewellyn largely unscathed, but I can't even count the number of times I lost things through the collaborative process in television. When I was executive producing Living Single, we had a story line for an episode that I thought was hilarious, but the creator of the show has issues with it and insisted we replace it with a very different story, with her input. As it turned out, the new story was a hundred times better than the story it replaced, and the more distance I get from it, the more I cringe when I think of that original storyline, which in hindsight, was all wrong for the show. Sometimes when you’re so close to something, you don’t see what obvious to someone with a little distance. Not always, but sometimes. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15777556330476550833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-50877100163264434742016-04-11T12:08:37.802-04:002016-04-11T12:08:37.802-04:00Really fascinating, Bill! Congratulations on your ...Really fascinating, Bill! Congratulations on your new book! <br /><br />I actually enjoy collaborating with people, up to a certain point. I like to have veto power over what goes in and what doesn't and in a collaborative effort, I don't always get that! Have you ever had to change something that you felt really strongly about? Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803986849921870941noreply@blogger.com