I Love Screenwriting and I Love a Novel

You just have a lot more real estate to tell your story in a novel. I can go into what the characters are wearing, what they're listening to and what the room is like. And with a book, you know, a book is a book and when you sell it, it's definitely going to be published barring something really bizarre happening. "I think being a screenwriter first made me a much better novelist," she says.