tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347002624328577997.post4430078003852648788..comments2023-10-29T04:39:08.157-07:00Comments on Creative Arts Anonymous: WickedDr. Cheryl Carvajalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323455180953109460noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347002624328577997.post-62187037583391314172009-09-07T07:48:08.067-07:002009-09-07T07:48:08.067-07:00I think writers tend to be sensitive, especially a...I think writers tend to be sensitive, especially about work that is very close to them. I was only weaned from that as a reporter, for everything I wrote, including pretty impassioned editorials on all sorts of issues, was shredded by my boss week after week. <br /><br />After I did that for about 3 years, I pretty much lost any sensitivity. Now my goal is make my stuff great, and if somebody hates it (or even has issue with a character, or a situation), I want to know why. No, I HAVE to know why, so I can fix it.Dr. Cheryl Carvajalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323455180953109460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347002624328577997.post-80981833482007698772009-09-06T08:44:03.878-07:002009-09-06T08:44:03.878-07:00nice insite, and steph aren't we all that way ...nice insite, and steph aren't we all that way with our work...Jeff Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667419764890599092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347002624328577997.post-28723826147306400472009-09-05T15:42:49.694-07:002009-09-05T15:42:49.694-07:00Having said all that, I have to admit to speculati...Having said all that, I have to admit to speculating. My technical work isn't my baby but my fiction is. I might find I'm not nearly as open-minded to someone having their way with my work as I'd like to think I am.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347002624328577997.post-86053018141200875612009-09-05T14:30:55.421-07:002009-09-05T14:30:55.421-07:00I guess I see things differently. Personally, whe...I guess I see things differently. Personally, when I read a bad novel (or one I think would translate to film/stage poorly) and they manage to make it better than it might have been, I'm cool with that. Admittedly, I have little sympathy for a poorly wrought novel, and there are few things that irk me more than a book that wastes its potential.<br /><br />I'm also well aware that many things that work swimmingly on paper don't work with breathing actors, often the strangest stuff. So, I'm rarely bothered UNLESS the staged/filmed production is lousy. If it's good, even if it's radically changed, I'm happy. I feel like I can see them on their own merits.<br /><br />For that reason, though I love Greek mythology, I wasn't bothered by <i>Hercules</i>. I never read <i>Hunchback of Notre Dame</i>, but it is one of my favorite of the Disney animated movies. It just goes to show. I'm not a purist.<br /><br />With books in the public domain, I find it a little fascinating how different people get different things from the original. I don't know which are valid, and I know I don't like some and do like others, depending on whether we saw the same things. Or if perhaps I saw an aspect I hadn't seen before (as A&E's <i>Pride and Prejudice</i> explored Mr. Darcy more than the novel)<br /><br />Now, how would it feel with my own stuff? I don't know. If a movie was good (but different) from my novel, I'd like to think I'd still be pleased. If the movie wasn't good, I'd be pretty peeved. And, if I wrote a rotten novel, I'd be ecstatic if they managed to fix it, but be disgusted with myself for my own failures. Perhaps I'd learn.<br /><br />I work in an environment where my stuff is redlined all the time. I guess I'm pretty immune to it.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347002624328577997.post-83189026767082141392009-09-05T13:53:18.231-07:002009-09-05T13:53:18.231-07:00I think I'd have to do what J.K. Rowling did.....I think I'd have to do what J.K. Rowling did... not give up the work unless I had a veto in changes to the plot, or some sort of "no way you're doing the book that way" clause. I wouldn't have a problem with a few changes, but if they destroy my book, I'd have to create issue with it.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment! I don't intend to ever read another book by that author. One was plenty!Dr. Cheryl Carvajalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323455180953109460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347002624328577997.post-42077699621959524712009-09-05T12:47:36.106-07:002009-09-05T12:47:36.106-07:00I read one of the author's other books and it ...I read one of the author's other books and it was also a bit of derivative business that made little sense. I like a couple of the songs from Wicked, but I can't sit through a musical anymore.<br /><br />Have you read/seen Julie and Julia? This is the most recent example of a book being re-written for the scene that got to me. I really loved the book by Julie Powell, but clearly Nora Ephron wanted to make a movie about Julia Child instead. <br /><br />I doubt that any author likes having their work chopped and diced and broiled and stir fried by an ever growing roomful of cooks. <br /><br />But there is money there, so it would be very hard for me to stay on the moral high ground for too long.Descarteshttp://www.ifyouwriteit.com/noreply@blogger.com