Caroline Angell's "All the Time in the World," the movie

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I hear the voices of my characters pretty distinctly when I’m working on a novel or a play. (Now there’s a sentence that will mark me for the nuthouse right off the bat.) I mention this because for me as a writer, the process is not as visual as it is auditory. I think a lot about essence, and the speech patterns and cadence of characters’ voices while I’m writing. Stylistically, I can see the movie of my book being similar to the TV show Parenthood, where the dialogue is messy and sometimes overlaps. No one says anything perfectly, but the moments come through in a vital and authentic manner.

I consciously try not to go too far into physical descriptions of my characters, unless it’s necessary to the point of view I’m working from. Mainly because I would love for a reader (or an actor) to be able to pick up my book and say, I see myself in this situation. I can relate to this. For that reason, I haven’t given a whole lot of consideration to how the movie might be cast.

But, I mean, if one of Meryl Streep’s kids wanted to...[read on]

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My Book, The Movie: All the Time in the World.

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