Donna Reveals…The Movies
By LMReviews on Sep 12, 2008 in Multicultural Contributors, Multicultural Media, Multicultural Writing
In this last of a five-part interview series with Donna Hill, Donna reveals her experience with adapting three of her books for film.
SLR: Three of your books became movie adaptations, what characteristics do you feel a book needs to catch the attention of movie producers?
DH: I can’t say specifically what is needed. I know what I was told by the producers of my movies was the way I constructed my scenes were condusive to adaptation. There was not a lot of introspection. But direct action, moving dialogue and movement. All of which was not intentional on my part. It’s just the way I see things in my head.
SLR: That’s a great gift. It allows for nice pacing within a story.
How did you get the attention of the movie industry?
DH: This was during the time that BET had purchased Arabesque (the line of African American romances) and they were looking to create new programming. The books were a perfect fit. One little known fact was that five of my novels were originally chosen by the producers for the first slate of ten, but they felt it would not have been fair to all the other writers and neither did I. The other two were “Scandalous.” and “Deception.”
SLR: Wow, I love being privvy to behind the scenes tidbits few others know.
OK tour visitors, have you seen the movies based on Donna’s books? If so, we’d love to know what you think?
I know, I know…Friday is here and while we are glad to see the weekend insight, don’t think we’re done here.
No way. Stop by on Saturday and Sunday when Donna will share specific excerpts from some of her books and provide explains why there were so fun to write.
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