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Since I started my career as a filmmaker and screenwriter, people often ask me when my books will be made into films or a television show. It seems natural to other people that I would imagine my stories as both novels and films from the very beginning. But I don’t. When I set out to write something new, I choose at some point whether a story is destined for the screen or for the pages of a book. And then I write it (or direct it). And then I’m done.
I wouldn’t say “no” if someone bought up the film rights and gave Lydia a new life in a different medium. There are probably things I would find painful (they might exaggerate her vintage clothes or goofiness), and others I would find enlightening (I wrote that?). But it would be an interesting experience nonetheless.
When someone first asked me who I saw playing Lydia, one actress popped into my head...[read on]
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Cole teaches writing at the University of Virginia.
Learn more about the book and author at Meredith Cole's website.
My Book, The Movie: Meredith Cole's Lydia McKenzie novels.
--Marshal Zeringue