Fairy tales adapting

ADAPTING A MYTH OR FAIRY TALE A FIRST EXAMPLE... 

From the very beginning of the film industry, fiction and drama have proved unending sources of film stories, and it has been our experience in many years of teaching that adapting a myth or fairy tale offers the novice screenwriter an immediate way to learn how to structure a short script. 

Some contemporary adaptations of myths and fairy tales done by students working collaboratively in workshops given by coauthor Pat Cooper include the following ... 

Adaptations of fairy tales, particularly, tend toward the melodramatic, and that can be a good part of the fun of doing them. 

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