BSI Films along with our affiliate Word First Publishing, offers first-time and existing authors the same professional and personalized beginning-to-end adaptation, manuscript writing, and publishing services that are provided to our existing clients such as, major Hollywood studios (Adaptation services for books/scripts), celebrities, politicians, business executives, published authors, and professional athletes.
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Why Studios Have a Heightened Interest in Scripts Adapted to Books
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What's In It For Writers To Adapt Their Script To A Book
Studios have expressed a heightened interest in script packages that include your script, and a book version of your script (Scripts adapted to books) for the following reasons.
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Having a book version of your script (Adapting Your Script To A Book) gives the writer and studios more than one resource for creating and producing new content, as stated above.
The format and structure of a manuscript provides an expanded version of your script storyline, and each character is defined, outlined, and developed. This makes it easier to create new content based on the concept, storyline, and individual characters.
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This is why sequels and spin-offs to your original script are easier to write and produce in a predicable amount of time.
How to Adapt your script to a book with or without assistance.
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There's a reason Steven Spielberg, Michael Mann, Kevin Costner, Stephen King, and many more writers have made adaptation a cornerstone of their promotional strategies for their scripts. Some of their biggest box office hits were taken from books they wrote and adapted.
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Note: For writers adapting your scripts to a book creates their own separate business model that provides studios content they are seeking and...
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Simultaneously, it gives writers the ability to promote the book version of their script direct to a domestic and global public audience, that they own and control!
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Note: Due to technology, online resources and retail platforms, it is easier than ever to adapt, print, and distribute the book version of your script to a domestic and global audience.
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Keep in mind: To get started with adapting your script to a book, the most important step is completed... your script has already been written.
Adaptation: How Our Process Starts
To Start: Phase 1.
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Schedule a call with our Director and Executive Producer Susan B. Flanagan our Emmy® Award Winning Writer, Best-Selling Author, and one of the leading Adaptation Specialist for Major Hollywood Studios.
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Review of your script and storyline will be evaluated
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Script breakdown and creation of an outline for the book
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Writing of the first chapter for the book begins
The following will be discussed during your call:
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Adapting your script to a manuscript.
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Discussion regarding your vision compared to what is written. Editing to script is included if needed prior to adapting to a manuscript.
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Do you want the manuscript ghostwritten or co-written?
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What is the title of your novel?
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Discussion regarding your script, and vision compared to how the script is written.
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Strength of marketability of the genre
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The number of pages you want the novel to be.
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Is it a series?
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How many primary characters are there?
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Is the lead male or female?
Phase 2. Publishing Your Manuscript
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Publishing your manuscript through Word First Publishing. WFP provides publishing plans that can be tailored to meet a variety of distribution services that are provided new and bestselling authors.
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Marketing your book to a global audience. Review the publishing plans available on WFP.
For graphic novels, contact us for more information:
The layout for the manuscript will help you decide your book is created based on your available budget.
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The number of pages for your book, artwork, and illustrations per page.
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The number of main characters for your book.
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The total number of illustrations for the entire book.
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Possibilities for design of your book cover.
* Artwork and samples are not licensed or paid for. This prototype is strictly for personal use only and not for public viewing. Owner of novel indemnifies BSI of all liability if work is shown publicly.
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