Tweetstorm: Eric Heisserer on the Challenge of Screenplay Adaptations

Adapting a novel, short story, or true life story may be the hardest gig of all.

Twitter can be a gold mine for writers. Case in point, when pro writers decide to go on a rant about the craft, such as Eric Heisserer, who occasionally will sidle up to Twitter with a libation at hand, and lay down some flat-out wisdom, 140 characters at a time.

In February 2016, Eric provided insight into the unique challenges confronting a screenwriter when adapting a story from source material. The entire thread of tweets, including some valuable comments by other writers, reprinted here with permission from Eric (@HIGHzurrer):

You may follow Eric on Twitter here: @HIGHzurrer.

You may read my April 2013 interview with Eric here.

For more articles in the Screenwriting Tweetstorms series, go here.