You are such a good sister. I am snuffling at the airport, but think I know what to do to nail this limited series. If it makes it, great. If not, just the exercise of doing it and collaborating has been extraordinary.
Really looking forward to hearing more about how your adaptation is going. The Brutalist trailer: Wow. That’s very cool. It’s crazy how that one stylistic change can have such a huge effect. Hope you feel better soon!
The adaptation is a funny business. Unlike prose, where you have so much room to stretch out... onscreen, every choice is so deliberate as to err on the side of narrative clarity and visual economy. We have 26 minutes during each episode to layer in all this rich history, long-term relationships, and complex crises... In certain moments, we might cover a whole section of family history with a fully staged scene and a single line from the lead. it's marvelous fun. :)
I can imagine. You have this book that you poured yourself into, and now you have to turn it into a whole other thing with a completely different structure. Things have to be changed, things have to be cut. I always wondered how authors who adapt their own work felt about that. It has to be hard. But like you said, it does sound like a lot of fun. You get to use your creative brain in a completely different way.
I’m so thrilled this adaptation continues to progress. And your protagonist is a peri-princess, even better!!!!
Your next project must be titled Age of the Onion. A mash-up between Newsroom and Killing Eve where a female journalist single-handedly takes down all the “stinky old white men in diapers.”
Cheering for you and the adaptation. I know your writing will have both humor and depth. I'm here as a big fan. So, glad you found me and every time you take the time to read me, m hearts soars. xxxooo
Oh Mary, right there with you. I love Who By Fire and (Re)Making Love so much. But I am at the airport today feeling the eternal vertigo that LA always gives me... no matter what I do or how many projects I have in the works... it's somehow not enough for this voracious yawning maw that seems to keep us all guessing as to what its hungry for.
HA I stole the "big, cunty bitch" line from "Fleabag" and I have no regrets! So exciting that your book will become poetry in motion. I'll come visit you on the set and smack down anyone who disrespects you ;)
I live in one of those houses with plaster walls and fear the day that new plumbing becomes a necessity. May your adaptation go smoothly without too much upheaval - we all know I'm cheering for the lead in perimenopause! And the red Mary Janes? Swoon. I hope you feel better soon XO ❤️
The series is so exciting. Thx for keeping us up to date. Hope you feel better. 💐 I’ve been playing nurse to my sis in LA.
You are such a good sister. I am snuffling at the airport, but think I know what to do to nail this limited series. If it makes it, great. If not, just the exercise of doing it and collaborating has been extraordinary.
🙏🙏
Really looking forward to hearing more about how your adaptation is going. The Brutalist trailer: Wow. That’s very cool. It’s crazy how that one stylistic change can have such a huge effect. Hope you feel better soon!
The adaptation is a funny business. Unlike prose, where you have so much room to stretch out... onscreen, every choice is so deliberate as to err on the side of narrative clarity and visual economy. We have 26 minutes during each episode to layer in all this rich history, long-term relationships, and complex crises... In certain moments, we might cover a whole section of family history with a fully staged scene and a single line from the lead. it's marvelous fun. :)
I can imagine. You have this book that you poured yourself into, and now you have to turn it into a whole other thing with a completely different structure. Things have to be changed, things have to be cut. I always wondered how authors who adapt their own work felt about that. It has to be hard. But like you said, it does sound like a lot of fun. You get to use your creative brain in a completely different way.
I’m so thrilled this adaptation continues to progress. And your protagonist is a peri-princess, even better!!!!
Your next project must be titled Age of the Onion. A mash-up between Newsroom and Killing Eve where a female journalist single-handedly takes down all the “stinky old white men in diapers.”
Cheering for you and the adaptation. I know your writing will have both humor and depth. I'm here as a big fan. So, glad you found me and every time you take the time to read me, m hearts soars. xxxooo
Oh Mary, right there with you. I love Who By Fire and (Re)Making Love so much. But I am at the airport today feeling the eternal vertigo that LA always gives me... no matter what I do or how many projects I have in the works... it's somehow not enough for this voracious yawning maw that seems to keep us all guessing as to what its hungry for.
Time to get back to my cocoon. :)
No kidding and I live here!
HA I stole the "big, cunty bitch" line from "Fleabag" and I have no regrets! So exciting that your book will become poetry in motion. I'll come visit you on the set and smack down anyone who disrespects you ;)
I love it and I'm going to hold you to that :)
I live in one of those houses with plaster walls and fear the day that new plumbing becomes a necessity. May your adaptation go smoothly without too much upheaval - we all know I'm cheering for the lead in perimenopause! And the red Mary Janes? Swoon. I hope you feel better soon XO ❤️
I am snuffly, on the way home, but I think I know what to do to make it all work. Definitely a challenging week! XO❤️