OK, a slight correction: the production people tell me that the sixteen episodes are all for the _first_ season. (And if all goes well with that...they then might get a second season. This is kind of how television works, you know?) Many thanks for your delight and enthusiasm! Im sure with support from you, the show will do just fine. As for the oh, theyll RUIN it/oh,I cant stand to watch/oh, itll be cheap and cheesy/oh, theyre sure to mess up the characters/destroy the storyline, etc., etc., etc...ments, you guys are of course welcome to your opinions, too--but feel free to curb your enthusiasm at any time. I am NOT writing this show. I am not CASTING this show. I do not have CONTROL over this show. (I do have input, and the production people are very kind about asking my opinion on things. This does not mean they have a legal obligation to take it. ) You know why not? Because I dont want to. Im a novelist, not a screen-writer. Im a naturally solitary writer--I dont even have research assistants; my books are mine alone. Screen-writing, by contrast, is an intensely collaborative business. Scripts go through dozens (literally) of iterations, being worked on by any number of people--then reworked by other people, over and over. A new director (for a show or an episode) can insist on a new direction or changes; an influential actor can ask for changes. Multiple writers means constant--and I do mean constant--collaboration. Im not a team player. (Ask anybody. ) AND I have books to write. Were I to be involved in a TV series beyond simple consulting, it would suck my soul, waste my life, prevent me ever writing another book, and be generally a Bad Idea. Im not doing it. I would also probably not be good at it, whereas I have a good deal of faith in the very experienced and talented people who _are_ doing it. I saw the pilot script and thought it was an amazingly good adaptation (by marked contrast to various film scripts Ive seen over the years ). So, you know....chill. Cross your fingers, hope for the best, and if you cant stand to watch, wait and read the reviews, and if it looks OK, you can get the DVD.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 07:24:01 +0000
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