Hazel Edwards
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Hazel Edwards:
When you revisit a much earlier book to adapt it for a script, is it like reading some one else's work? Or do you remember all the original details like minor characters' names etc?
Hazel Edwards
Recently I started co-writing the screen adaptation of 'Celebrant Sleuth; I Do or Die' (BookPod) , a published adult mystery series which I actually wrote about 4 years ago. It was like reading another author's work and that was fun. But I'd also forgotten some of my characters' names despite initially having a cast list and also a kind of alphabetical system, with Art for the sleuthing partner, Bea for the chef, and Claud for the village manager and Dee for the girlfriend except for calling my 'Infinity Blooms' florist Violet because I'd already used Flora for the body. Now I plot differently with more emphasis on motivations and sub plots, but it was still an interesting experience to revisit. With an intended series such as Quinn, my celebrant sleuth, I wonder if all subsequent chapter or episodes of stand alone stories will inevitably become more complex?
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