As a mere writer of published, pulp-action with a dash-splash phrase here and there of elevated consciousness, I really do get a question now and then about “how-to” write novels. One just the other day – a friend asked if I would ever write an outline book on how to write a novel. First off,…
Tag: westerns
The Son – Book to Movie
Book to Film The Son By Phillip Meyer “How much do I love The Son? Let me count the ways” (sorry Shakespeare!). Are we tired of hearing the words, “epic?” And “sweeping?” Oh, and how’s about “sprawling!” Yeah. Then how can I condense the plot of the book and the TV, 2 season, mini-series of…
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing – Book to Movie
Have we forgotten “The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing?” “Cat Dancing” is another one of my favorite “book-to-movie” westerns. A great author backstory, steamy movie-making backstory (murder!?) and then a western film that just about everyone agrees is worth watching, and numerous folks think is a classic. The simple plot events are not new. Train…
Ride the High Country
What a western. It touches upon, relates too and reminds us of so many other great westerns. Like True Grit and Lonesome Dove, so many! The cast fantastic, cinematography crisp, clear and perfect, the quirky, yet so realistic aspects of the storytelling. The same for us in many ways, yet then so…