Step 1 Scout the setting; Step 2 Interview the locals; Step 3 Write 'Leave No Trace'
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Reimagining a story is a necessity for an adaptation, since no two people can imagine in the same way. The source material serves as a blueprint for a process that is more like reconstruction than translation. Even before I commit to doing an adaptation, I start by going to the place where the...