Thriller 101 Trying to Turn Books into Movies and Other Horrors: Grady Hendrix Part 1
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BIO
Grady Hendrix is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter. He’s the author of Horrorstor (which is being turned into a movie). He’s also written My Best Friend’s Exorcism (which is being adapted into a feature film by Amazon Studios), We Sold Our Souls, and the Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires (currently being adapted into a TV series). He also wrote the Bram Stoker Award-winning nonfiction book Paperbacks from Hell, a history of the horror paperback boom of the seventies and eighties. And most recently, The Final Girl Support Group about the women who fought back and defeated the killer, avenged their friends, and emerged victorious. But after the sirens fade and the audience moves on. What happens to her?
3 BIG TAKEAWAYS
- Writing is hard
- Writing is really all about the rewriting
- Treat writing like a job
Next week, Grady and I continue our conversation and will be talking more deeply about the horror genre. We'll also talk about his most difficult moment as a writer and his advice for people listening. You won't want to miss it!
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