Filmmakers often look to books to find interesting storylines that can be adapted onto the silver screen. However, the announcement of an imminent book-to-screen adaptation is not necessarily good news for avid readers. For fans of a certain author’s work, their biggest concern is the extent to which the film adaptation stays true to the original story. Text and motion picture are two completely different mediums of storytelling ; while the former affords interpretive flexibility and allows for imagination, the latter is advantageous for its visual and audio elements. In translating a 400-page book into a 2-hour-long feature film, certain unadaptable content will always get abandoned and may …
For writers, adding a twist to your story is easy, but to incorporate one that feels sincere without alerting the attentive reader requires meticulous planning, and an extremely shrewd mind. The greatest challenge lies in believability. For example, if you realize at the end of the novel that the man assumed to be responsible for the murder has been wrongly accused despite the fact that his fingerprints were all over the weapon and the true killer is his astute assistant who had secretively developed advanced fingerprints forging technology, you’d think this is preposterous. On the other hand, if the author reveals that the real …
It has been seven years since the very first episode of HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ aired. After seven seasons (64 episodes), do you still remember what happened in the pilot? Take this quiz to find out. Feature image courtesy of Collider
WARNING: This article contains major spoilers for ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7, Episode 5, Eastwatch. Last Sunday, Cersei Lannister dropped a jawbreaking announcement that left viewers with mixed reactions. When she informed Jaime that she is pregnant with his child, she also made him promise to fight against Daenerys to protect it. With this timely disclosure, Jaime’s loyalty bounces back instantly as he forgets about Lady Olenna’s wake-up call. Whether Cersei is telling the truth or simply lying to manipulate Jaime, we’ll have to sit tight and wait for a further explanation. As the most dysfunctional couple in the history of literature and …
Even as the world’s richest author in the world, J.K. Rowling could not escape from the temptation of life simulation computer games. On Twitter today, she accidentally revealed that she is a fan of the Sims through a photo post of her “glitchy old laptop.” Today was supposed to be the day when I let go of my glitchy old laptop with the broken keys and transferred everything to a new one but ? pic.twitter.com/KM7P4ZVVjR — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 16, 2017 If you look carefully at the top right hand corner of the second photo, you’ll see the green …
