Go Into The Story Interview: Juliet Giglio and Keith Giglio
My conversation with the screenwriting couple whose first novel The Summer of Christmas has just been released to the public.
My conversation with the screenwriting couple whose first novel The Summer of Christmas has just been released to the public.
Juliet Giglio and Keith Giglio are a husband-wife screenwriting duo who cover a lot of territory of interest to Go Into The Story readers. They write everything from studio features to TV movies and now novels with the release of The Summer of Christmas. They also teach screenwriting: Juliet at SUNY Oswego and Keith at Syracuse University.
Here are links to the entire 6-part series which has run this week.
Part 1: “I love your Christmas movies. Would you ever consider writing a Christmas book?”
Part 2: “Screenwriting is like freestyle swimming in a lap pool. There are rules you have to comply to. Writing a novel was different.”
Part 3: ”The idea that someone’s writing an autobiographical tale which ends up being filmed in her hometown seemed like fun to us.”
Part 4: “We had never had to go into a room. We didn’t even meet the publisher until she wanted to buy it.”
Part 5: “We use index cards in the very beginning, where we’re just writing down any old idea, and then we toss them on a pile.”
Part 6: “Hopefully, by debating it, to use a kind word, we’ll figure it out. Luckily, our kids are out of the house now.”
Juliet and Keith are repped by WME.
The Story of Christmas: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Good Reads.
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