Episode 180 - The Top 6 Lessons Novelists Can Learn from Movies with John Gaspard
April 4, 2023
This week on The Indy Author Podcast, I talk with John Gaspard about THE TOP 6 LESSONS NOVELISTS CAN LEARN FROM MOVIES, including the importance of staying in your lane, being completely committed, coming in late and leaving early, callbacks (or reaping what you’ve sown), getting notes (or working with beta readers), and not hesitating to hesitate.
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John Gaspard is author of the Eli Marks mystery series, the Como Lake Players mystery series, and four stand-alone novels. He hosts two podcasts: "Behind the Page: The Eli Marks Podcast," and "The Occasional Film Podcast.” John has directed six low-budget features that cost very little and made even less. John’s latest book is “The Popcorn Principles: A Novelists Guide to Learning from Movies.”
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"You absolutely may have needed that scene to write it, but you didn't need it in the movie. And I think that often happens where we write things in our books, that that's the thing I wrote the book for. And then you get the whole book done and you go, yeah, but I don't really need that anymore. I needed to write it, but the reader doesn't need to read it." —John Gaspard
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John's Links:
Episode 145 - Speech to Text and Back Again with John Gaspard
Episode 128 - Lessons from Filmmaking for the Indy Author with John Gaspard
Referenced in the interview:
Episode 088 - How to Receive and Give Critique with Tiffany Yates Martin
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Episode 145 - Speech to Text and Back Again with John Gaspard
Episode 128 - Lessons from Filmmaking for the Indy Author with John Gaspard
Referenced in the interview:
Episode 088 - How to Receive and Give Critique with Tiffany Yates Martin
Matty's Links:
Affiliate links
Events
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