My uncle wrote a book about 2/3 years, was recently in a movie about the book and now the pressure is on, because he wants me to turn the book jnto a play, ultimately he wants it to be a movie..., time to start writing. Where do I start.., as far script, completion of script and putting together a team to help with the magic, funding...,
If you can, find a play development group you can join. You need a team of people behind you. But first - do you WANT to do this project? If not, then back away. Good luck!
When someone urged me to write something in a format with which I was not familiar, I at first refused. She kept insisting. I finally agreed to do it if she would read it for content and suggestions as I wrote. As it turned out, she had very few suggestions, the pages rolled through the word processor (this was in the early 1980's) and my first play was produced quite a few times in various cities over a period of several years. So start writing! You may be surprised.