On Writing : Adapting from novels - Question by Donnalyn Vojta

I've had a couple of people "approach" me to make my books into screenplays. However, one just "disappeared" the moment I mentioned having a contract in place. The other suggested I write the screenplays then hand them over to him. I have a very specific vision with one of my books, so it'll be a hard decision for me not to write the screenplay to it also.

Erik, thank you! I will definitely look at the article. David, I understand...about letting someone else write the screenplay for your "baby." Congratulations on having people interested in making films out of your books!! That's awesome~

Definitely go looking for writers; I have seen Majors foul-up a flow trying to DIY ♦ Books differ much from how it is put on Cinema 150 screen that has to be adapted correctly

This is pretty much what I'm looking for--an interested screenwriter--or producer or director to find interest in one of my published or un-publshed novels. I write with strong visuals and in nearly all genres. I do have an agent.

Jeff, disregard my private message. Sorry.

Daisy, I believe that’s how it would have to work. Luckily, I own my film rights despite having a book publisher. Phew!!

If you have an agent, he/she will do everything possible to retain most of ;your rights. Especially film rights. Without an agent, you must be very studious when examining a publisher's contract--it will likely be a standard boilerplate contract that retains most all rights and harbors clauses that are in their favor. Novelists and screenwriters can collaborate on projects where no money is exchanged until the project is sold and accumulates royalties. These types of agreements are a little hard to find, but they are out there. They are like co-authors, working on the same project but crafting in different mediums.