Kidlitchat Transcript – February 9 (part 1)

1:59 am kidlitchat: TOPIC: Why do so many kidlit inspired movies miss the mark? Yet… do you ever think “movie” in your head while writing? #kidlitchat
1:59 am bonnieadamson: TOPIC: Why do so many kidlit inspired movies miss the mark? Yet… do you ever think “movie” in your head while writing? #kidlitchat
1:59 am DeeScribe: @katrinagermein Are you in Adelaide? I’m in Melb. Bet it’s hot where you are? #kidlitchat
1:59 am gregpincus: TOPIC: Why do so many kidlit inspired movies miss the mark? Yet… do you ever think “movie” in your head while writing? #kidlitchat
1:59 am katrinagermein: @JennBailey Oh thanks. Yes I love it too. In summer anyway.Like now. Right now is hot. 37C. Not sure of F. #kidlitchat
1:59 am SolomonInkwell: @debbieohi – LOL…well, it did take me a while to learn to type without getting ink on the keys! #kidlitchat
1:59 am f_rancesca: Hello all. *twiddles thumbs, waiting to see what brilliant topic @bonnieadamson and @gregpincus are about to spring on us* #kidlitchat
1:59 am dawnmetcalf: It’s Tuesday! Time for #kidlitchat…
2:00 am debbieohi: @DeeScribe @katrinagermein Argh. Send some of that heat over to Toronto, will you, please?? #kidlitchat
2:00 am SolomonInkwell: @bonnieadamson – GREAT TOPIC #kidlitchat
2:00 am dawnmetcalf: RT @gregpincus: TOPIC: Why do so many kidlit inspired movies miss the mark? Yet… do you ever think “movie” in your head while writing? #kidlitchat
2:00 am gregpincus: And we ask this before anyone’s seen Percy Jackson or Wimpy Kid – hopefully two which will work #kidlitchat
2:00 am carolgrannick: @bonnieadamson Interesting topic! I never think of my own work as “movie” although I love screenplay structure & find it helpful #kidlitchat
2:00 am MissusM: @SolomonInkwell Synopsis is next. Even better! #kidlitchat
2:00 am adamselzer: So much first person lit relies on the voice to work – doesn’t always translate to a movie. #kidlitchat
2:00 am SolomonInkwell: I think, possibly, sometimes the meat of the story is lost in the filming process. Too much is cut out… #kidlitchat
2:01 am JennBailey: I always see the movie running in my head. I was a screenwriter first. I set the projector, hit play, and write what I see. #kidlitchat
2:01 am EgmontUSA: I pray the computer behaves. Hiyee! #kidlitchat
2:01 am ErinDealey: The YA I’m finishing now is the first one that actually made me think “screenplay.” It’s rolled out of my brain that way too. #kidlitchat
2:01 am joswartz: hello all, I feel terrible for just popping in & out – but topic is irresistible. I don’t think movies. But I do think games. #kidlitchat
2:01 am katrinagermein: Did conversions. 98.6 F in my little city of Adelaide right now. #kidlitchat
2:01 am SolomonInkwell: @JennBailey – ME TOO – If I can’t see it on the screen in my mind, I can’t write it on the page… #kidlitchat
2:01 am carolgrannick: I do, however, see visuals when I read many of my critique partners’ work – and am certain of the movies to come! #kidlitchat
2:01 am Buffyandrews: I think movie when I write as in seeing the scene unfurl in my mind, allowing me to get it down on paper. #kidlitchat
2:02 am dawnmetcalf: One thing I told my 5-6th grade reading group before HP movie came out was that it would never be as good as their imagination. #kidlitchat
2:02 am bonnieadamson: RT @SolomonInkwell: I think, possibly, sometimes the meat of the story is lost in the filming process. <–anyone else agree? #kidlitchat
2:02 am f_rancesca: But novels generally make terrible films — much too long! Short stories, on the other hand, translate much better to film. #kidlitchat
2:02 am aquafortis: I do sometimes think of my work as if it were a movie…but mostly to help me formulate scenes in my head. #kidlitchat
2:02 am Buffyandrews: @joswartz Games? That’s interesting:) #kidlitchat
2:02 am dawnmetcalf: Excellent! RT @joswartz …I don’t think movies. But I do think games. #kidlitchat
2:02 am skodobah: Here!!! #kidlitchat
2:02 am CarrieRyanchat: I never think movies, but I also think that writing a book is V.V. diff from writing a movie #kidlitchat
2:03 am joswartz: But only after the story is either fully written or if I have a very strong outline that lends itself to it. – #kidlitchat
2:03 am gregpincus: @f_rancesca Really? You think short stories make better movies than novels? I am not so sure about that #kidlitchat
2:03 am YolaRamunno: Hi everyone.:) #kidlitchat
2:03 am Buffyandrews: @dawnmetcalf So true on HP. #kidlitchat
2:03 am DeeScribe: @gregpincus Interesting topic. Admit I do see movies in head. Maybe becauseI started out writing plays. #kidlitchat
2:03 am crissachappell: I teach screenwriting so yes…stories unfold like a movie in my brain. Studying film taught me a lot about dramatic structure. #kidlitchat
2:03 am LiaKeyes: TOPIC: Why do so many kidlit inspired movies miss the mark? Yet… do you ever think “movie” in your head while writing? #kidlitchat
2:03 am SolomonInkwell: @dawnmetcalf – I agree…that’s why I think movies will never really outdo books. #kidlitchat
2:03 am jennymckmoss: Good evening! #kidlitchat
2:03 am ErinDealey: I was a drama teacher 1st so my pbs have always felt like theater. Grab the audience. Make them stay through intermission.#kidlitchat
2:03 am inkyelbows: #kidlitchat is on NOW. TOPIC: Kidlit-inspired movies missing the mark? Do u think “movie” while writing?
2:03 am f_rancesca: @gregpincus Bladerunner. I rest my case. #kidlitchat
2:03 am SheviStories: When I was little, I wanted to be God. Alas, that job was already taken. So I wanted to be a director… #kidlitchat
2:03 am JennBailey: @katrinagermein That’s 98 fun-loving degrees. I’m not sure I’ll be talking to you anymore. We are at 2 in Kansas (-13 C) #kidlitchat
2:03 am katrinagermein: Never think of my work as a movie. Ever. It’s all about the rhythm of the words. That would be lost. #kidlitchat
2:03 am gregpincus: No question that books and movies are two totally different forms of presentation #kidlitchat
2:03 am skodobah: Reminds me of how they try making television series out of successful movies… #kidlitchat
2:03 am adamselzer: About the only time I think the movie was better was when it’s a musical. #kidlitchat
2:04 am DeeScribe: @bonnieadamson I agree that meat is often lost – wondering if due to lack of room for character backstory/development. #kidlitchat
2:04 am dawnmetcalf: I admit that I’m very visual so I think/write cinemagraphically. Buddy with film-writing background was my best critiquer! #kidlitchat
2:04 am TracyClark_TLC: I def “see” the scenes in my mind like a movie when I write. Guilty of devising soundtracks as well. #kidlitchat
2:04 am YolaRamunno: Of course I think movie when I write. I know chances are very slim but when you shoot for the stars you have to aim high. #kidlitchat
2:04 am paulgreci: I don’t think about my story on the screen when I’m writing. #kidlitchat
2:04 am laurielyoung: Hi! Don’t most movies adapted from books miss the mark? #kidlitchat
2:04 am SheviStories: …directors have to work with other people. So I became a writer. It’s the closest thing I know to being God. #kidlitchat
2:04 am adamselzer: but film and books are such different approaches to narrative that it’s pointless to compare them, really. #kidlitchat
2:04 am SolomonInkwell: @inkyelbows – Oh, I do ALL THE TIME. I love watching the films in my mind. Of course, that could mean I’m insane! :-) #kidlitchat
2:04 am f_rancesca: @gregpincus Also, Brokeback Mountain. Neither kidlit, obviously, but both films had time to explore themes as well as plots. #kidlitchat
2:04 am kytkafromSM: I never think movie, I think story line and the point, characters’ development, at most I see scenes for illustrations. #kidlitchat
2:04 am crissachappell: easy answer: Hollywood tends to dumb everything down. Kids are more sophisticated than they get credit for…. #kidlitchat
2:04 am laurielyoung: I agree! RT @adamselzer: About the only time I think the movie was better was when its a musical. #kidlitchat
2:04 am jennymckmoss: I don’t think movie/tv/play while writing a novel. #kidlitchat
2:04 am LiaKeyes: @gregpincus Books are a single writer’s vision, movies are made by committee. Lost in translation. #kidlitchat
2:04 am KatGirl_Studio: @TracyClark_TLC hehe me too. Maybe because I spent over 12 years in musical theater #kidlitchat
2:05 am DeeScribe: Think I see my books as movies because the characters seem so real in my head. In my mind, I can see them doing/feeling things. #kidlitchat
2:05 am SolomonInkwell: @adamselzer – That is true, Adam. #kidlitchat
2:05 am dawnmetcalf: @katrinagermein I agree I like the “sound” of words in my head better than the scene as if it were a visual. #kidlitchat
2:05 am JennBailey: I insist my kids read the books first. (Bad Mom!) I want them to know the real story. #kidlitchat
2:05 am aquafortis: As for why they miss the mark, another consideration is, how do you translate something elusive like writing style to film? #kidlitchat
2:05 am TracyClark_TLC: But I think movies miss the mark because you can never be as in depth in a movie as the book format allows. IMHO. #kidlitchat
2:05 am f_rancesca: There’s just too much plot in even a short novel to fit into a 2 hour film. So a film translation is always cramming stuff in. #kidlitchat
2:05 am amyscripps: At least 5 of the movies at Sundance this year were based on books – is this trend growing? #kidlitchat
2:05 am MissusM: Some scenes, like action scenes, I think movie #kidlitchat
2:05 am SheviStories: I often think of my stories as movies or TV shows. I have one with a 6-part series outlined, definitely TV material. #kidlitchat
2:05 am Buffyandrews: Interesting that when you see the movie, the characters and scenes are so different than what you had imagined. #kidlitchat
2:05 am JennBailey: @SolomonInkwell You and me. #kidlitchat
2:05 am LiaKeyes: @crissachappell Hollywood thinks that kids’ movie means cartoon villains. Let the villain be DARK. #kidlitchat
2:05 am bonnieadamson: @TracyClark_TLC Soundtracks! That’s geat. :-) #kidlitchat
2:05 am f_rancesca: RT @LiaKeyes: @gregpincus Books are a single writer’s vision, movies are made by committee. Lost in translation. > nicely put. #kidlitchat
2:05 am carolgrannick: My son and I discuss all the time. Different medium, different way of telling story. Yet I love closely-matching books/films… #kidlitchat
2:05 am dawnmetcalf: Too true. RT @crissachappell Hollywood tends to dumb everything down. Kids are more sophisticated than they get credit for…. #kidlitchat
2:05 am skodobah: Hollywood grabs whatever it can that seems successful in another form, such as books. #kidlitchat
2:05 am crissachappell: sometimes films try to cram too much (like expository dialogue…just plain info dump). Action should tell the story. #kidlitchat
2:05 am debbieohi: I still haven’t worked up the nerve to see the movie version of “Where The Wild Things Are.” #kidlitchat
2:05 am crissachappell: @LiaKeyes amen sister #kidlitchat
2:05 am adamselzer: I tend to see scenes in my head that I suppose you could translate right into movies, but some scenes work better than others. #kidlitchat
2:05 am paulgreci: I think the movie version of S. E. Hinton’s books are pretty good in terms of written story to screen. #kidlitchat
2:06 am DeeScribe: @f_rancesca I agree – and focus on action not meaning. #kidlitchat
2:06 am SolomonInkwell: @bonnieadamson – MUSIC IS A BIG INSPIRATION when writing for me. I’ll listen to soundtracks while working on a scene… #kidlitchat
2:06 am dlschubert: I definitely think movie when I write. I even have the cast picked out. #kidlitchat
2:06 am bonnieadamson: @debbieohi Re; Wild Things. Me, neither #kidlitchat
2:06 am jennymckmoss: I’ve (rarely) liked the movie more than the novel, but if I have, it’s usually because I tripped over the novelist’s prose style #kidlitchat
2:06 am skodobah: @debbieohi I’m curious about that movie, too. Wonder how the wild rumpus is? #kidlitchat
2:06 am sharifwrites: @paulgreci Good example. #kidlitchat
2:06 am katrinagermein: Often movie conversions (adults and kids) just don’t leave thinking room. It’s all too obvious. #kidlitchat
2:06 am dawnmetcalf: @f_rancesca @gregpincus I agree that movies have a tough time showing inner thoughts/soul-searching that can happen in books. #kidlitchat
2:06 am EgmontUSA: Also has to do with pacing. In a book we want movement and time to catch out breath. Quiet moment in film often = death. #kidlitchat
2:06 am SheviStories: I also play a soundtrack in my head. When I hear those songs, it brings me back to those characters & scenes. #kidlitchat
2:06 am kytkafromSM: @LiaKeyes I completely agree. Why not base a movie on a book, but it is a different genre, someone other’s vision… #kidlitchat
2:06 am skodobah: My first story is definitely something I’ve thought about in movie form. #kidlitchat
2:07 am JennBailey: You are so right! RT @crissachappell: easy answer: Hollywood tends to dumb everything down. Kids more sophisticated…. #kidlitchat
2:07 am DeeScribe: @adamselzer That’s what happens with me too. #kidlitchat
2:07 am KindrilyKaren: I don’t think movie while writing. I know the odds are very slim, and the movie is rarely as good as the book. ;) #kidlitchat
2:07 am dawnmetcalf: RT @SolomonInkwell @dawnmetcalf – I agree…that’s why I think movies will never really outdo books. #kidlitchat <— Bingo!
2:07 am laurielyoung: Too literal RT @katrinagermein: Often movie conversions (adults and kids) just dont leave thinking room. Its all too obvious. #kidlitchat
2:07 am SheviStories: I listen a lot to Pandora now, and I think the songs I’ve heard through it have fueled my writing. #kidlitchat
2:07 am joswartz: I think of my stories as a discovery process and I want to hand that to my audience much the same way as I received it #kidlitchat
2:07 am SolomonInkwell: @SheviStories – Me 2! :-) #kidlitchat
2:07 am skodobah: I didn’t try to think of the story that way, it just happened. #kidlitchat
2:07 am ErinDealey: @debbieohi “wild things Are..” Me either! #kidlitchat
2:07 am crissachappell: @SheviStories Yes! Scenes have soundtracks. So do characters. #kidlitchat
2:07 am Buffyandrews: RT @EgmontUSA: Also has to do with pacing. In book we want movement and time to catch breath. Quiet moment in film often = death #kidlitchat
2:07 am katrinagermein: I thought ‘Bridge to Terabithia’ was well done. But the book makes me cry more. #kidlitchat
2:07 am katzni: @dlschubert ditto here – most of my novel I can picture as a movie … #kidlitchat
2:07 am gregpincus: Just for fun, there’s a website for fantasy casting books – @storycasting runs it #kidlitchat
2:07 am YolaRamunno: @paulgreci me too. The Outsiders is still one of my all time favorite movies. #kidlitchat
2:07 am dawnmetcalf: @SheviStories I think I am the only writer alive who has to write in complete silence. No playlist for me. #kidlitchat
2:07 am skodobah: @SheviStories I’m big on Pandora, too. And Playlist. #kidlitchat
2:07 am junegoodwin: @adamselzer sometimes thinking in terms of movie scenes, helps me to transition from one scene to the next. #kidlitchat
2:08 am judithgraves: @dawnmetcalf Hmmm…and yet the right actor can do all that with a single stark look. #kidlitchat
2:08 am MyraMcEntire: RT @joswartz: … stories as a discovery process and I want to hand that to my audience much the same way as I received it #kidlitchat
2:08 am skodobah: @dawnmetcalf I have moments where silence is necessary. #kidlitchat
2:08 am SolomonInkwell: The thing about books, when you read you see that world as you want…not as the director wants. It’s special that way… #kidlitchat
2:08 am kytkafromSM: Unfortunately movies just describe the book, the movie makers forgot about the main movie ideas and techniques, it’s pictures… #kidlitchat
2:08 am katzni: @SheviStories ooh, I love Pandora – could listen all day! #kidlitchat
2:08 am YolaRamunno: I think in order for the movie version to stay true to the book, the producer has to have a similiar vision as the author. #kidlitchat
2:08 am bonnieadamson: Casting is so tricky: everyone has different vision (unless it’s a picture book). #kidlitchat
2:08 am Buffyandrews: RT @junegoodwin: @adamselzer sometimes thinking in terms of movie scenes, helps me to transition from one scene to the next. #kidlitchat
2:08 am JennBailey: I don’t think it will BE a movie. Just how the story plays out in my mind. I’m a visual learner too so I think in pictures. #kidlitchat
2:08 am SheviStories: Am I the only writer here who wanted to be a director first? #kidlitchat
2:08 am f_rancesca: @dawnmetcalf No, I too cannot bear to write to music. It drowns out all thought. The ‘music’ for me is all in the words. #kidlitchat
2:09 am jennymckmoss: RT @SolomonInkwell: The thing about books, when you read you see that world as you want…not as the director wants. #kidlitchat
2:09 am debbieohi: @skodobah @dawnmetcalf I can listen to music while writing, but it can’t have lyrics. #kidlitchat
2:09 am paulgreci: @dawnmetcalf I write in silence, too. #kidlitchat
2:09 am SolomonInkwell: @YolaRamunno – EXACTLY! That relationship is very important… #kidlitchat
2:09 am adamselzer: Movies have to appeal to MUCH bigger audiences. If “only” 1.2 million people see your movie, they’ll never let you make another #kidlitchat
2:09 am ErinDealey: @KindrilyKaren Yeah I agree. But I see it with this one just the same. #kidlitchat
2:09 am katrinagermein: With all the ‘me either’ re:’Where the Wild Things Are’ I missed the original comment. ‘Me either’ what? #kidlitchat
2:09 am KatGirl_Studio: I already see the scenes as little movies in my head so why not write them that way #kidlitchat
2:09 am Buffyandrews: @SolomonInkwell So true about what you bring to the book when you read. #kidlitchat
2:09 am katzni: @dawnmetcalf most of my writing is in silence too – if I have music going it’s very low background noise to drown out kids! #kidlitchat
2:09 am skodobah: The movie director is just that… not a writer, but someone with a vision that is quite different than that. #kidlitchat
2:09 am KindrilyKaren: Rt @SheviStories I play a soundtrack in my head. When I hear those songs, it brings back those characters & scenes. #kidlitchat Me too!
2:09 am dawnmetcalf: @skodobah Thank goodness! My “moments” are six months to a year long. ;-) #kidlitchat
2:09 am TracyClark_TLC: Not a kid book/movie but Out of Africa was one that didn’t let me down vs. the book. And of course, the first Harry Potter movie #kidlitchat
2:09 am adamselzer: Wheras if 1.2 million read my book, I’d feel set for life! #kidlitchat
2:09 am bonnieadamson: RT @f_rancesca: @dawnmetcalf No, I too cannot bear to write to music. It drowns out all thought. <–Me, too. #kidlitchat
2:09 am skodobah: Speaking of music, I need a new playlist for my iPod. #kidlitchat
2:09 am EgmontUSA: I try really hard to read the book before I see the movie. Of I don’t it impedes the way I imagine the characters. #kidlitchat
2:09 am amyscripps: I refuse to see The Lovely Bones movie. Why mess with such a good book? #kidlitchat
2:09 am VMPettingill: @dawnmetcalf I write to the sound of my kids, if I was to add music on top of the existing chaos I would go nuts. #kidlitchat
2:09 am debbieohi: @katrinagermein A bunch of us haven’t seen Where The Wild Things Are yet. Have you? #kidlitchat
2:09 am junegoodwin: @katrinagermein just got someone to read the book the other day. It’s the saddest, but one of the best stories! #kidlitchat
2:09 am ing3nu: @YolaRamunno true, but the author also has to be willing to let the story adapt to the new medium. Author/Director must converse #kidlitchat
2:09 am aquafortis: True. RT @YolaRamunno in order for movie version to stay true to book, the producer has to have a similiar vision as the author. #kidlitchat
2:09 am carolgrannick: RT @skodobah: The movie director is just that… not a writer, but someone with a vision that is quite different than that. #kidlitchat
2:09 am dawnmetcalf: @katzni *grin* For THAT I’d need a jazz band… #kidlitchat
2:09 am skodobah: @dawnmetcalf That’s a long, silent moment! LOL! #kidlitchat
2:10 am KatGirl_Studio: @skodobah a movie director is just like a play director #kidlitchat
2:10 am debbieohi: @amyscripps Oh yay, glad to hear that. I just bought the ebook version of Lovely Bones. #kidlitchat
2:10 am SolomonInkwell: @amyscripps – You know…I am nervous about that, too. I’m pretty hesitant to see it. #kidlitchat
2:10 am JennBailey: I can’t have music, I want to sing along, but the TV doesn’t bother me. I used to study the same way. #kidlitchat
2:10 am AnnaZiska: Hi I made it… Only for twenty minutes since I have a swim meeting. #kidlitchat
2:10 am katrinagermein: Me too. RT @f_rancesca @dawnmetcalf Cannot bear to write to music, drowns out all thought. The ‘music’ is all in the words. #kidlitchat
2:10 am ErinDealey: @adamselzer I’d be so happy I’d sing about it–and then we’d have that musical! #kidlitchat
2:10 am katzni: @dawnmetcalf lol, well I’m usually in another room w/ the door shut, so it’s just screams that filter in that I need to drown :) #kidlitchat
2:10 am skodobah: Directors can make or break the film. They can also take away the inner vision that the writer and reader have. #kidlitchat
2:10 am dawnmetcalf: @skodobah Well, only for those writing times. Kids take care of the rest! :-) #kidlitchat
2:10 am aquafortis: Yet also, interesting things happen when director’s creative vision is different but equally effective… #kidlitchat
2:10 am TracyClark_TLC: @f_rancesca I wish I could write to music but I can’t. I DO find songs that inspire my story or scenes but have to listen later. #kidlitchat
2:11 am DeeScribe: @SheviStories No, I directed a play of mine once…by default. Loved it. So much control, LOL Great to see play come to life. #kidlitchat
2:11 am LiaKeyes: Eddie Gamarra, Gotham Grp: “kids books need a strong adult character so star can ‘open’ the movie. Child protags can’t do that. #kidlitchat
2:11 am skodobah: @dawnmetcalf Oh tell me about it!! They talk and talk and talk! #kidlitchat
2:11 am SheviStories: I majored in Theater Studies as well as English Literature, but I really wanted to study film. Just didn’t pan out. #kidlitchat
2:11 am junegoodwin: @amyscripps Couldn’t finish the book, but did like the movie. Going to try the book again as a result. #kidlitchat
2:11 am joswartz: @katrinagermein @debbieohi I haven’t seen it yet either – I’ll go with you! #kidlitchat
2:11 am kytkafromSM: Silence please otherwise pictures in my head are startled away… #kidlitchat
2:11 am f_rancesca: @paulgreci @dawnmetcalf @katzni @bonnieadamson Let’s hear it now! SILENCE IS… ooh sorry. I’ll be quiet now. #kidlitchat
2:11 am amyscripps: Where the Wild Things Are=great filmmaking, bad script! #kidlitchat
2:11 am debbieohi: @BonnieAdamson @skodobah @ErinDealey Do you think you’ll ever see the movie version of Wild Things? #kidlitchat
2:11 am skodobah: Sometimes I just put on the Whisperings classical channel via iTunes radio. #kidlitchat
2:11 am crissachappell: reading = interactive. You pick the actors, direct the cast, choose the camera angles. That’s why translations let us down. #kidlitchat
2:11 am jennymckmoss: I def loved the books Little Princess & Little Women more than the movies, but I also did like the (1990s) movies #kidlitchat
2:11 am lilit_hotham: @katrinagermein you should try writing to instrumental stuff instead #kidlitchat
2:11 am dlschubert: The movie will never be same as movie due to a myriad of factors. If my story gets picked up for film, I’ll deal w/it. ;-) #kidlitchat
2:11 am paulgreci: It will be interesting to see what Mark Waters does with Looking for Alaska! #kidlitchat
2:12 am leewind: @LiaKeyes #kidlitchat right – didn’t Eddie give the example of the New Alice movie… starring Johnny Depp?
2:12 am SolomonInkwell: Whew…I couldn’t direct traffic, let alone a movie. :-) #kidlitchat
2:12 am KindrilyKaren: Can’t listen to music w/lyrics while writing. But I always have a soundtrack that inspires scenes, emotions, characters. #kidlitchat
2:12 am Buffyandrews: How does writer cope when their vision of their book on film is way different than how it turns out? Just wonder? #kidlitchat
2:12 am f_rancesca: RT @TracyClark_TLC I DO find songs that inspire my story or scenes but have to listen later. > That’s a good idea. #kidlitchat
2:12 am debbieohi: @joswartz Is Wild Things still playing in Toronto theatres? #kidlitchat
2:12 am sharifwrites: @skodobah Sometimes I feel like they’ve drained the life out of a story. #kidlitchat
2:12 am bonnieadamson: @debbieohi Not sure–now that first curiosity has passed, I don’t think I need to. #kidlitchat
2:12 am DeeScribe: @crissachappell True. It lets the reader imagine. #kidlitchat
2:12 am katrinagermein: @debbieohi I really liked the wild things movie. So did my kids, 7&9, they made really clever, un-prompted comparisons with book #kidlitchat
2:12 am YolaRamunno: @KindrilyKaren Me too. #kidlitchat
2:12 am SheviStories: @LiaKeyes Riiiight. Harry Potter and Percy Jackson need to start with adult stars… Bull. #kidlitchat
2:12 am TracyClark_TLC: RT @kytkafromSM: Silence please otherwise pictures in my head are startled away… #kidlitchat
2:12 am sharifwrites: @paulgreci I didn’t know that was being made into a movie. I have the book on my desk, ready to read it soon. #kidlitchat
2:12 am skodobah: @sharifwrites Yes, like they pack it all in and kill the characters! #kidlitchat
2:12 am juliadevillers: I had a novel made into a Disney Channel tv movie, READ IT AND WEEP. Huge learning experience to see how it evolved from book. #kidlitchat
2:12 am ErinDealey: @debbieohi Movie version of WT–not unless someone else in the house has it on and I get sucked in…#kidlitchat
2:12 am debbieohi: @skodobah Sometimes I’ll write to Italian progrock. Doesn’t put me to sleep yet I can’t understand the lyrics. :-D #kidlitchat
2:13 am dawnmetcalf: @f_rancesca @paulgreci @katzni @bonnieadamson ROFL!! #kidlitchat
2:13 am ninaberry: Screenplay is a blueprint. Novel is the whole enchilada. #kidlitchat
2:13 am gregpincus: @Buffyandrews You just have to accept that it’s no longer yours, once you’ve taken money to give up the rights #kidlitchat
2:13 am LiaKeyes: RT @leewind: @LiaKeyes Harry Potter and Percy Jackson have plenty of terrific star power roles. #kidlitchat
2:13 am dawnmetcalf: @juliadevillers WOW! That sounds like an amazing ride. #kidlitchat
2:13 am Buffyandrews: @juliadevillers Were you upset? #kidlitchat
2:13 am f_rancesca: Wild Things is another example — shorter the text, the better the film #kidlitchat
2:13 am bonnieadamson: @debbieohi lol–did anyone else notice how NFL stole the Wild Things soundtrack for Superbowl promos? #kidlitchat
2:13 am ErinDealey: @juliadevillers ooh, what was that like? #kidlitchat
2:13 am carolgrannick: @juliadevillers Were you pleased with it, Julia? #kidlitchat
2:13 am crissachappell: @katrinagermein looooved Where The Wild Things Are. (and I was never into the book. Sorry). The film was so philosophical! #kidlitchat
2:13 am debbieohi: @katrinagermein That’s encouraging to hear about Wild Things. Maybe @joswartz and I will go see it. :-) #kidlitchat
2:13 am JennBailey: I think you have to see books as 2 separate entities that can compliment each other but can NOT be the same. Very diff. mediums #kidlitchat
2:13 am YolaRamunno: If one only writes because they dream of their work becoming a movie, then chances are higher that it won’t. #kidlitchat
2:13 am LiaKeyes: @SheviStories It doesn’t mean that protagonist must be an adult – just that there must be extraordinary adult roles as well. #kidlitchat
2:13 am f_rancesca: The best novel to film translations are often reinterpretations rather than retellings. #kidlitchat
2:14 am dawnmetcalf: @paulgreci I thought it sounded like a good match. (He’s the one who did JUNO, right? Or is that for PAPER TOWNS?) #kidlitchat
2:14 am TracyClark_TLC: @dawnmetcalf You are not alone, sister. #silenceisgolden #kidlitchat
2:14 am jennymckmoss: RT @JennBailey: I think you have to see books as 2 separate entities that can compliment each other but can NOT be the same. #kidlitchat
2:14 am debbieohi: @bonnieadamson I don’t have cable tv so didn’t get those promos. I haven’t yet heard the Wild Things soundtrack yet, either! #kidlitchat
2:14 am YolaRamunno: @juliadevillers Very cool. #kidlitchat
2:14 am paulgreci: @sharifwrites My understanding is that its been optioned, and I hope it happens. #kidlitchat
2:14 am MyraMcEntire: RT @f_rancesca: The best novel to film translations are often reinterpretations rather than retellings. #kidlitchat
2:14 am SheviStories: The problem with movies is that too many cooks spoil the broth. A novel only has one chef. #kidlitchat
2:14 am gregpincus: @juliadevillers I’ve adapted a book (not yours) for the Disney Channel. Totally different beasts and quite fascinating. #kidlitchat
2:14 am Buffyandrews: RT @carolgrannick: @juliadevillers Were you pleased with it, Julia? #kidlitchat
2:14 am KatGirl_Studio: @gregpincus that’s what James Gurney said when they made Dinotopia into a mini series. #kidlitchat
2:14 am carolgrannick: Heard Gail C. Levine say this, too: RT @gregpincus: You have to accept that it’s no longer yours… #kidlitchat
2:14 am skodobah: @debbieohi That sounds spicy! LOL! #kidlitchat
2:14 am crissachappell: RT @f_rancesca: The best novel to film translations are often reinterpretations rather than retellings. #kidlitchat
2:15 am SolomonInkwell: @LiaKeyes – I AGREE – You have to have fun characters all the way around – adult/teenager/animal – insect… :-) #kidlitchat
2:15 am leewind: @ninaberry Maybe a novel is the DNA for reader to imagine the entire story – you become director in your mind #kidlitchat
2:15 am bonnieadamson: @debbieohi Well, the music’s good–I can say that. :-) #kidlitchat
2:15 am jennymckmoss: @SheviStories I think an editor is in the kitchen too. :) #kidlitchat
2:15 am EgmontUSA: @Liakeyes I respect Eddie, but for books I’m not so sure. Kids need autonomy for adventures. Adult figures can get in the way. #kidlitchat
2:15 am SheviStories: What I mean is the book itself is the star in a movie based on a popular children’s book. The other stars don’t matter. #kidlitchat
2:15 am DeeScribe: @leewind I agree. #kidlitchat
2:15 am bonnieadamson: @leewind “Director in your mind”–I like that. #kidlitchat
2:15 am dawnmetcalf: RT @JennBailey I think books/films as 2 separate entities – can compliment each other, but canNOT be the same. Very diff mediums #kidlitchat
2:15 am skodobah: In backwards format, I read the book “Grease” after seeing the movie and barfed… literally. #kidlitchat
2:16 am gregpincus: @EgmontUSA @liakeyes I think Eddie was specifically talking about the book to screen situation, though, wasn’t he? #kidlitchat
2:16 am aquafortis: I like that, Lee. RT @leewind Maybe a novel is the DNA for reader to imagine the entire story – you become director in your mind #kidlitchat
2:16 am joswartz: @debbieohi yay! #kidlitchat
2:16 am ErinDealey: A friend of mine did a screenwriting internship at Disney and they kept saying the had to be able to “see the poster.” #kidlitchat
2:16 am JennBailey: oops. meant to say books and film 2 different mediums. Can’t be true to both. Choose one. #kidlitchat
2:16 am ChuckWendig: RT @Ninaberry: Screenplay is a blueprint. Novel is the whole enchilada. #kidlitchat
2:16 am SolomonInkwell: @skodobah – Must have been the burritos… :-) #kidlitchat
2:16 am juliadevillers: @carolgrannick @ErinDealey Overall, Disney experience fun. Amazing cast and crew. But wn I first read script, I hyperventilated. #kidlitchat
2:16 am LiaKeyes: @SheviStories ‘Opening’ a movie is filmmaking term for star power puts bums in seats in the movie theatre, not 4 opening story #kidlitchat
2:16 am dawnmetcalf: U R Brilliant. RT @leewind Maybe a novel is the DNA for reader to imagine the entire story – you become director in your mind #kidlitchat
2:16 am magelly: @BonnieAdamson I’ve liked some. HOLES was good. Sometimes the plots are more linear and clear. #kidlitchat – Is STAND BY ME kidlit?
2:17 am gregpincus: @skodobah “barf” is the word, is the word…. Not quite as catchy :-) #kidlitchat
2:17 am YolaRamunno: I loved Because of Winn Dixie. I read the book first and was not disappointed with the movie. #kidlitchat
2:17 am debbieohi: @skodobah Grease was a book?? #kidlitchat
2:17 am KatGirl_Studio: I try to watch the movies then read the books because then your rarely disappointed #kidlitchat
2:17 am dawnmetcalf: @ErinDealey Is that like visualizing the hook? #kidlitchat
2:17 am EgmontGal: @magelly Stand By Me was a short story in a collection for adults by Stephen King #kidlitchat
2:17 am skodobah: All the hype about the Twilight movie – it was lacking. Like 100 people shoved into a VW. #kidlitchat
2:17 am ErinDealey: @joswartz @debbieohi yay! #kidlitchat Caving to Peer Pressure. : ) I’ll go if you guys go.
2:17 am skodobah: @gregpincus HAHAHAHA! Only when it’s stomach flu season! #kidlitchat
2:17 am debbieohi: @magelly Stand By Me was based on a Stephen King short story. #kidlitchat
2:17 am RosemaryMarotta: sometimes movies try to be exactly like the book when it should just be the essence of the story…. #kidlitchat
2:17 am paulgreci: @dawnmetcalf I don’t think he directed Juno. And I didn’t know about Paper Towns as being made into a movie. Wow! #kidlitchat
2:17 am leewind: @f_rancesca Often movie IS reinterpretation, or inspired by book (like Tale Of Desperaux) rather than retelling #kidlitchat
2:17 am LiaKeyes: @EgmontUSA That’s storytelling wisdom, re adults being in the way, but kids who have autonomy in spite of adults is real triumph #kidlitchat
2:18 am skodobah: @debbieohi I swear it is/was. I have it somewhere in my garage. From long ago. #kidlitchat
2:18 am amyscripps: RT @aquafortis: I like that, Lee. RT @leewind Maybe a novel is the DNA for reader to imagine the entire story – you become director in your mind #kidlitchat
2:18 am EgmontGal: @debbieohi No, Grease was an original stage musical. One of the “book” (as in the theater terms) authors is a one hit wonder #kidlitchat
2:18 am bonnieadamson: @magelly Not sure–Steven King’s work sold as adult, I would think. #kidlitchat
2:18 am debbieohi: @ErinDealey Sadly, it doesn’t look as if it’s in Toronto anymore. #kidlitchat
2:18 am f_rancesca: RT @EgmontGal: @magelly Stand By Me was a short story in a collection for adults by Stephen King > cf. my point re:short stories #kidlitchat
2:18 am EllenHopkinsYA: @LiaKeyes We’re talking about you over here, away from #kidlitchat
2:18 am dawnmetcalf: @skodobah Re: Grease – I couldn’t stand either one. Prolly cuz sis played the movie 2x/day for an entire summer. Blech! #kidlitchat
2:18 am juliadevillers: @gregpincus Really? We’ll have to talk! Curious how it all goes down. Which one did you adapt? #kidlitchat
2:18 am SolomonInkwell: You know, writers have to be careful about how their story is translated on film, though. It can make or break new readers… #kidlitchat
2:18 am YolaRamunno: My kids favorite is How to Eat Fried Worms. #kidlitchat
2:18 am LiaKeyes: @EgmontGal Is Eddie honest? He asked to see a synopsis. #kidlitchat
2:18 am JennBailey: I’m a huge Tolkien fan but was not disappointed by Peter Jackson’s films. I know why he took “liberties.” #kidlitchat
2:18 am TracyClark_TLC: I think if you separate the two in your mind: book and movie, you can have two wonderfully different visions of the same idea. #kidlitchat
2:18 am debbieohi: @EgmontGal Ah ok. Thanks for the Grease clarification. #kidlitchat
2:18 am ErinDealey: @dawnmetcalf LOL “Is that like visualizing the hook?” #kidlitchat yo, yo–you gotta have a hook!
2:18 am skodobah: I love the Thornbirds… yeah, it’s a cheesy tv movie, but it really rocked. I liked the book, too. #kidlitchat
2:18 am magelly: @EgmontGal Yes, but with kids in it, dealing with kid problems. Not sure of the definitions. #kidlitchat
2:19 am bonnieadamson: @magelly Agree–Holes was a great adaptation. Actually demystified alternate storyline, I thought. #kidlitchat
2:19 am SolomonInkwell: Grease is the word…is the word…that you heard… #kidlitchat
2:19 am skodobah: @dawnmetcalf I wore the soundtrack out. I know all the words and am a totally pathetic Rizzo wannabe. #kidlitchat
2:19 am joswartz: I loved The Mighty. that was a book first – now I didn’t read it – but the movie was great. #kidlitchat
2:19 am dawnmetcalf: @f_rancesca @EgmontGal @magelly Stand By Me was a great movie. So was Princess Bride. Some can do ok, but books are better. #kidlitchat
2:19 am EgmontUSA: @Liakeyes Eddie is fab. #kidlitchat
2:19 am RosemaryMarotta: @TracyClark_TLC exactly the two can be enjoyed if done correctly #kidlitchat
2:19 am debbieohi: @bonnieadamson @magelly The story was from a Stephen King collection called “Four Seasons” & the story was called “The Body.” #kidlitchat
2:19 am KatGirl_Studio: @TracyClark_TLC yes like Howl’s Moving Castle, both the book and movie were different but fantastic #kidlitchat
2:19 am SolomonInkwell: …that song will be on my mind ALL NIGHT… #kidlitchat
2:19 am junegoodwin: @KatGirl_Studio I agree! I learned this lesson with Twilight.I loved the movie more than many people who read the book first. #kidlitchat
2:19 am WritingSpirit: RT @inkyelbows #kidlitchat is on NOW. TOPIC: Kidlit-inspired movies missing the mark? Do u think “movie” while writing?
2:19 am dawnmetcalf: @SolomonInkwell STOP IT! la la la la la… AHHHH! #kidlitchat
2:19 am Brent_Watson41: @magelly STAND BY ME is based on the novella THE BODY. It’s from an adult POV reminiscing on his childhood. #kidlitchat
2:20 am heatherwpetty: I don’t think book-inspired movies miss the mark. They’re usually fun for me to see. #kidlitchat
2:20 am LiaKeyes: Books and movies are different ways of telling stories – so there have to be adaptations, rather than exact copies #kidlitchat
2:20 am leewind: @LiaKeyes I agree about kids autonomy despite adults – I’m so over the kill-off-the-parents trope! #kidlitchat
2:20 am debbieohi: @bonnieadamson @magelly I never saw HOLES from loved the book. Did you like it as much as the book? #kidlitchat
2:20 am gregpincus: @juliadevillers I adapted one that didn’t get made. And I know the author, too. Yes, let’s talk. Much to tell! #kidlitchat
2:20 am dawnmetcalf: @bonnieadamson @magelly Ooh. Holes. Another good one! #kidlitchat
2:20 am susanjsteward: I always wonder about kid reaction when they put movie cover on original book–and stories differ greatly. Ex: Freaky Friday #kidlitchat
2:20 am ErinDealey: Agree! @bonnieadamson @magelly Agree–Holes was a great adaptation. Actually demystified alternate storyline, I thought. #kidlitchat
2:20 am ChristineTB: @skodobah I’ll never get that VW image out of my head now. LOL! #kidlitchat
2:20 am MyraMcEntire: RT @inkyelbows #kidlitchat is on NOW. TOPIC: Kidlit-inspired movies missing the mark? Do u think “movie” while writing? #kidlitchat
2:20 am skodobah: Stephen King movies. The Shining. It rocked. Different than the book, but a good example of doing it right. #kidlitchat
2:20 am HeleneBoudreau: Just read NIM’S ISLAND (stellar early middle grade) with my girls and watched the movie (cute!) this weekend. Well done, IMHO #kidlitchat
2:20 am paulgreci: Remember Dangerous Minds? Louanne Johnson. #kidlitchat
2:20 am LiaKeyes: RT @leewind: @LiaKeyes I agree about kids autonomy despite adults – Im so over the kill-off-the-parents trope! #kidlitchat
2:20 am dawnmetcalf: @ErinDealey Gawd, I loved that vid!! #kidlitchat
2:20 am EgmontUSA: @bonnieadamson I think HOLES was a great adaptation. #kidlitchat
2:20 am skodobah: @ChristineTB HAHAHA! People stuff in a beetle, hanging out from all places. Good times. #kidlitchat
2:21 am adamselzer: I thought “How to Eat Fried Worms” was a fun adaptation (albeit a totally different plot, really). Good on its own terms. #kidlitchat
2:21 am heatherwpetty: I agree with @TracyClark_TLC, you have to look at them independently. #kidlitchat
2:21 am aquafortis: City of Ember was a book that adapted pretty well to movie format. Casting helped, but vision was important, too. #kidlitchat
2:21 am bonnieadamson: @debbieohi Yes. managed to retain quirky feel of book. Young Shia LeBoeuf. . . #kidlitchat
2:21 am TracyClark_TLC: @KatGirl_Studio Feeling out of touch…not familiar with it. I’ll have to check them out! :-) #kidlitchat
2:21 am johnlechner: Another challenge with kidlit films is pleasing the book’s fans, who often want a literal adaptation #kidlitchat
2:21 am dawnmetcalf: @TracyClark_TLC One of the reasons I love #kidlitchat — we’re not alone out here!
2:21 am NatalieHatch: I’m seeing Percy Jackson tomorrow, hope it lives up to the book #kidlitchat
2:21 am YolaRamunno: The newest thing out is the book trailer. A book trailer is setting the reader up to believe that a movie may follow. #kidlitchat
2:21 am jeannevb: RT @WritingSpirit: RT: inkyelbows #kidlitchat is on NOW. TOPIC: Kidlit-inspired movies missing the mark? Do u think “movie” while writing?
2:21 am debbieohi: @bonnieadamson @magelly Oops, sorry, was wrong. Book was “DIFFERENT SEASONS” (just looked it up). I was a big Stephen King fan. #kidlitchat
2:21 am SheviStories: I actually like the Harry Potter movies better. The books are waaayyy too drawn out for me. #kidlitchat
2:21 am skodobah: Stephen King meets 100 people in a VW and they’re all eaten by giant staple removers!!! #kidlitchat
2:21 am Brent_Watson41: I saw the trailer for DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, and it made me laugh out loud #kidlitchat
2:21 am LiaKeyes: AGREED! But source material was flawless and clear. RT @EgmontUSA: @bonnieadamson I think HOLES was a great adaptation. #kidlitchat
2:21 am bonnieadamson: @EgmontUSA I agree–HOLES movie is a good companion to book. #kidlitchat
2:21 am Buffyandrews: There’s just something magical about reading a book — holding it in ur hands, turning pages — that nothing could ever replace. #kidlitchat
2:21 am ChristineTB: Flip Wilson used to turn down requests to cast an actor as Geraldine’s boyfriend. Said no one could live up to fans image of him #kidlitchat
2:21 am gregpincus: @dawnmetcalf @paulgreci Mark Waters did Spiderwick, Freaky Friday and mean Girls among others #kidlitchat
2:21 am dawnmetcalf: @paulgreci I heard that announcement before I heard about ALASKA. (I pray they don’t screw it up… love @realjohngreen books!) #kidlitchat
2:21 am skodobah: Twitter – you’re read the book. Now see the movie. #kidlitchat
2:22 am magelly: @BonnieAdamson I also liked Bridge to Terebithia. Other fantasy ones, not so hot: Narnia, The Last Mimsy, Series of Events. #kidlitchat
2:22 am KatGirl_Studio: @TracyClark_TLC Howl’s? #kidlitchat
2:22 am joswartz: I thought they did a good job on Charlotte’s Web – I’d have thought it impossible – but I bawled my eyes out at the end. #kidlitchat
2:22 am TracyClark_TLC: @heatherwpetty And YOU are the queen of writing with your own soundtrack! Was thinking about you while discussing music/writing. #kidlitchat
2:22 am skodobah: @Brent_Watson41 I bet that’s a good one. #kidlitchat
2:22 am f_rancesca: RT @dawnmetcalf: @TracyClark_TLC One of the reasons I love #kidlitchat — were not alone out here! > So true! #kidlitchat
2:22 am SheviStories: @debbieohi Yes, but the story was still “The Body.” You got that right. #kidlitchat
2:22 am heatherwpetty: I think the problem is that people expect the movie to BE the book in movie format. And that’s impossible. #kidlitchat
2:22 am SolomonInkwell: @skodobah – Dolores Claiborne – I liked the movie better than the book. Then again, I dig Kathy Bates… #kidlitchat
2:22 am bonnieadamson: Some adaptations unrecognizable: Hotel for Dogs. #kidlitchat
2:22 am ChristineTB: Should movies be like illustrations in a Picture book? If done correctly it adds depth and additional layers? #kidlitchat
2:22 am yachicka: Agree Holes great book and movie! #kidlitchat
2:22 am f_rancesca: @SheviStories HERESY! Although I agree about the drawn-out bit. But the films? Kinda yeech. #kidlitchat
2:22 am TracyClark_TLC: RT @Buffyandrews: There’s just something magical about reading a book — holding it in ur hands, turning pages — that nothing could ever replace. #kidlitchat
2:22 am skodobah: Whatever medium, as long as the story moves the reader/viewer, the job is done. #kidlitchat
2:23 am susanjsteward: What’d you think of Coraline movie? I had mixed feelings. A bit disappointed but those who hadn’t read it seemed to like. #kidlitchat
2:23 am dawnmetcalf: @johnlechner I agree. Kids hate missing bits and feel “cheated”. #kidlitchat
2:23 am juliadevillers: @Buffyandrews @carolgrannick I LOVED it. Still comes on every few months and makes me smile. #kidlitchat
2:23 am SolomonInkwell: @Buffyandrews – SO TRUE! That’s why I don’t think EBook Readers will ever erase the printed and bound book. #kidlitchat
2:23 am bonnieadamson: @debbieohi Too much precise info, and you risk the geek label. :-) #kidlitchat
2:23 am debbieohi: @SheviStories Thanks, Shevi. :-D #kidlitchat
2:23 am Koppelmom: How to Eat Fried Worms was a good adaptation, imho. #kidlitchat
2:23 am heatherwpetty: @TracyClark_TLC Yeah, I create playlists for my bks. It helps me keep the mood of a scene when there’s a song to go with it. #kidlitchat
2:23 am junegoodwin: @SheviStories True. Like the movies, but can’t get into the Potter books. Have tried more than once, but no go. Bore me silly. #kidlitchat
2:23 am MaryCalhounBrow: Do any of you write curriculum guides that accompany your books to help teachers? #kidlitchat
2:23 am skodobah: @SolomonInkwell She’s the best actress. I dig her, too. #kidlitchat
2:23 am SheviStories: Sometimes when I hear a song, I see a story in my head. Sometimes I can expand those to full stories. Music inspires. #kidlitchat
2:23 am aliciapadron: oh is #kidlitchat!
2:23 am ErinDealey: @joswartz Me too, and it’s not like the ending was a surprise! #kidlitchat
2:23 am bonnieadamson: @susanjsteward Ooh, haven’t seen Coraline–missed 3D in theater. :-( #kidlitchat
2:23 am TracyClark_TLC: The difference may be that with a book, we make the story/vision our own. Then the movie comes along and scratches the record. #kidlitchat
2:23 am skodobah: Aw shucks, it’s time to cook dinner. Dangit! #kidlitchat
2:23 am debbieohi: @susanjsteward I loved Coraline the book. The movie was different from the book but I thought it captured the atmosphere well. #kidlitchat
2:23 am carolgrannick: @juliadevillers That’s great! #kidlitchat
2:24 am leewind: Open question: do you think ORDER of exposure (reading book 1st or seeing movie 1st) defines your favorite? #kidlitchat
2:24 am skodobah: Cloudy with a case of frozen meatballs. #kidlitchat
2:24 am SolomonInkwell: @SheviStories – My thoughts exactly! #kidlitchat
2:24 am crissachappell: @susanjsteward again…that movie tried to cram too much into a few hours… #kidlitchat
2:24 am KatGirl_Studio: @SheviStories I agree! #kidlitchat
2:24 am dawnmetcalf: @ChristineTB I actually think pictures can compliment the text because it’s in tandem. Not so with movies which replace ‘em. JMO #kidlitchat
2:24 am MyraMcEntire: Harry Potter books and movies each = a different and welcome kind of comfort for me. Often write with movies on mute. #kidlitchat
2:24 am magelly: CARRIE was a film about teenage issues. Ended badly for the heroine, though. ;) Thought many would identify. #kidlitchat
2:24 am skodobah: @bonnieadamson Coraline gets good marks. #kidlitchat
2:24 am bonnieadamson: @magelly Didn’t see Bridge; agree on Last Mimsy, Narnia #kidlitchat
2:24 am joswartz: RT @MyraMcEntire: RT @inkyelbows #kidlitchat is on NOW. TOPIC: Kidlit-inspired movies missing the mark? Do u think “movie” while writing? #kidlitchat
2:24 am RosemaryMarotta: @bonnieadamson tried to watch coraline but couldn’t get into it…book was better #kidlitchat
2:24 am ChristineTB: @SheviStories Music inspires me too. I write with a playlist. #kidlitchat
2:24 am ErinDealey: @MaryCalhounBrow Do any of you write curriculum guides that accompany your books to help teachers? #kidlitchat YES. It’s a must.
2:24 am NatalieHatch: A Christmas Story and A Summer Story by Jean Shepherd were quite close to the short stories they were based on #kidlitchat
2:24 am aliciapadron: I know I’m waaaaay too late but what’s the topic? #kidlitchat
2:24 am aquafortis: Time to cook dinner here, too…but thanks for the chat! And Lee just asked a great question. Order definitely matters. #kidlitchat
2:24 am jennymckmoss: I confess I have a soft spot for the TV special How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Waited for that every year when I was a kid. :) #kidlitchat
2:24 am HeleneBoudreau: Harry Potter audiobooks = stellar! Better than the movies. #kidlitchat
2:25 am Brent_Watson41: @leewind To be honest, I can’t think of a single movie that outdid the book #kidlitchat
2:25 am skodobah: @MyraMcEntire The movies for Potter are stupendous. I enjoy them all. #kidlitchat
2:25 am dawnmetcalf: @SheviStories I agree! Music inspires. (But when I’m writing, I want everything to shut up.) #kidlitchat
2:25 am yachicka: Felt WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE did amazing job of capturing and expanding spirit of the book #kidlitchat
2:25 am carolgrannick: @leewind I never, never, never can see a movie first. I do think kids who see movie first have trouble separating that from bk #kidlitchat
2:25 am skodobah: I need 30 Seconds to Mars for my playlist. Yep, I do. #kidlitchat
2:25 am f_rancesca: A story chooses its medium. Some stories OUGHT to be graphic novels or films or picture books. Some are best/only told as novels #kidlitchat
2:25 am JennBailey: @leewind I think it depends on which was the original. Liked Star Wars Movie more than the book. #kidlitchat
2:25 am heatherwpetty: @leewind Yes, I definitely think order matters. I loved TRUE BLOOD and was disappointed in the Southern Vamp books. Saw show 1st #kidlitchat
2:25 am ChristineTB: @dawnmetcalf I agree! Sometimes I think, though, that screenwriters try to improve on a book and miss the mark. #kidlitchat
2:25 am bonnieadamson: @skodobah How did you feel about 3D–plus, or just a gimmick? (Loved the Coraline movie web site, btw) #kidlitchat
2:25 am KatGirl_Studio: @skodobah Me too! I just got the 6th one this past weekend. #kidlitchat
2:25 am dawnmetcalf: @MyraMcEntire *gasp* Visual stim, too?! I think my head would explode. (Am impressed, tho.) O.O #kidlitchat
2:25 am TracyClark_TLC: And yes…referring to ‘records’ dates me. hahah! So? #kidlitchat
2:25 am skodobah: This makes me think of the book trailer blog I had awhile ago. It puts the story into movie-ish format. #kidlitchat
2:25 am SolomonInkwell: @Brent_Watson41 – You know, I was trying to think of one that did…only one I could think of was Dolores Claiborne… #kidlitchat
2:25 am junegoodwin: @HeleneBoudreau You’re the second person I’ve heard say that. I’ve got to check them out. #kidlitchat
2:25 am debbieohi: @HeleneBoudreau I’ve been curious about the Harry Potter audiobooks. The narrator’s good, then? #kidlitchat
2:26 am susanjsteward: Not a kid book, but I thought movie of ABOUT A BOY improved on the book’s ending. GREAT book, though. #kidlitchat
2:26 am LiaKeyes: Why was The Golden Compass such a bad movie and such a great book? #kidlitchat
2:26 am ErinDealey: @dawnmetcalf @ChristineTB pictures can compliment the text–YES bcuz you still use your imagination. Not so with movies #kidlitchat
2:26 am magelly: @debbieohi Unhappily, didn’t read the book. The movie made me want to, though. HOLES #kidlitchat
2:26 am joswartz: For Seuss I hated all the live action films so far – but love the animated version. The music was great & added to it. #kidlitchat
2:26 am skodobah: The book trailer satisfies the movie curiosity of the writer. #kidlitchat
2:26 am dawnmetcalf: @ChristineTB I agree with that & you. #kidlitchat
2:26 am Buffyandrews: @SolomonInkwell Yes, reading a book is an experience. We need to “sell” the experience perhaps. #kidlitchat
2:26 am MyraMcEntire: @dawnmetcalf Gives my eyes somewhere to go that’s inspiring. 8D #kidlitchat
2:26 am gregpincus: @yachicka I thought Wild Things did that, too… and proved, to me, that it shouldn’t be a movie #kidlitchat
2:26 am aimeebartis: Harry Potter & Holes are about the only positives for me. Princess Diary was a HUGE disappointment #kidlitchat
2:26 am skodobah: @bonnieadamson Part gimmick, part neat-o trick. #kidlitchat
2:26 am dawnbonnevie: think “movie” while writing? #kidlitchat No, I don’t think ‘movie’ while writing. I visualize story as a movie as a strategy FOR writing.
2:26 am ChristineTB: @heatherwpetty I heard the same thing! I love True Blood. Haven’t read the books yet. #kidlitchat
2:26 am heatherwpetty: @debbieohi I loved the HP audiobooks. They are amazing. #kidlitchat
2:26 am dawnmetcalf: @ErinDealey You are my hero. :-) #kidlitchat
2:26 am skodobah: BRB – dinner must go in the oven. #kidlitchat
2:26 am Brent_Watson41: @SolomonInkwell Kathy Bates was perfect in that role. I’d actually agree with you on that one. #kidlitchat
2:26 am KatGirl_Studio: for some reason i love being read to and love movies of books but hate audio books #kidlitchat
2:26 am SolomonInkwell: The Cat in the Hat movie disappointed me, though. Dr. Suess is one my my heros… #kidlitchat
2:26 am debbieohi: @BonnieAdamson Whoops, forgot add #kidlitchat to that boast about being geekproud. :-) #kidlitchat
2:27 am bonnieadamson: Good question. RT @LiaKeyes: Why was The Golden Compass such a bad movie and such a great book? #kidlitchat
2:27 am f_rancesca: RT @mikewebkist: @f_rancesca movies are at best short stories. TV shows can approach novels > YES! B/c they have the time! #kidlitchat
2:27 am heatherwpetty: @ChristineTB The books are just from Sookie’s POV, so you miss a lot of the lively back cast, which is my favorite part. #kidlitchat
2:27 am joswartz: The BBC audiobook of The Chronicles of Narnia is excellent. #kidlitchat
2:27 am HeleneBoudreau: @debbieohi HP audiobook narrator is fantastic. Makes the characters come alive with amazing clarity. Really well done. #kidlitchat
2:27 am SheviStories: To me they’re all just different ways of story telling. The only difference is, as a creator, I have more control in a book. #kidlitchat
2:27 am KatGirl_Studio: @SolomonInkwell never saw that one because everyone said it was bad #kidlitchat
2:27 am aliciapadron: @KatGirl_Studio I like audio books on long car or plane rides #kidlitchat
2:27 am leewind: Me too. If I see movie 1st, the book is hard to love as much (b/c I see the director’s vision for everything instead of mine!) #kidlitchat
2:27 am Brent_Watson41: @SolomonInkwell Wow, that movie was so bad. Odd, really. #kidlitchat
2:27 am Buffyandrews: @SolomonInkwell Seuss is one of my heroes, too:) #kidlitchat
2:27 am debbieohi: @heatherwpetty @heleneboudreau I’m a fan of audiobooks. Might just have to check out those HP audiobooks, then… #kidlitchat
2:27 am dawnmetcalf: What I’m finding is that the industry seems to look at books as “can this be a movie” = marketability. That worries me. #kidlitchat
2:27 am crissachappell: @bonnieadamson it spent too much time trying to “explain” that fantasy world…didn’t let us experience it. #kidlitchat
2:28 am SolomonInkwell: I typically go so far as to even cast my book with real actors and watch them play out the scenes and emotion. I think it helps. #kidlitchat
2:28 am TracyClark_TLC: House rule: kids must read book BEFORE they see the movie. My son is busy reading Lightning Thief as we speak. #kidlitchat
2:28 am heatherwpetty: @KatGirl_Studio The Harry Potter audiobks are the only ones I’ve ever been able to sit all the way through. #kidlitchat
2:28 am bonnieadamson: @debbieohi :-D #kidlitchat
2:28 am magelly: Harry Potter is its own phenom. I thought the later books (6-7) read like screenplay treatments. Plot mechanics took over. #kidlitchat
2:28 am junegoodwin: @debbieohi I was told the narrator has a British accent and the characters sounded awesome. #kidlitchat
2:28 am MyraMcEntire: @skodobah #kidlitchat And even the movies are different within their own “cannon.” I appreciate each director for what he brings to table.
2:28 am DeeScribe: RT @SolomonInkwell: The Cat in the Hat movie disappointed me, though. Dr. Suess is one my my heros… Agree-not a good movie. #kidlitchat
2:28 am crcook: Great #kidlitchat topic re: books and movie adaptations. Head over there now!
2:28 am JennBailey: @bonnieadamson @liakeyes Nicole Kidman? No. I didn’t say that. #kidlitchat
2:28 am joswartz: I didn’t like the movie though of Narnia. #kidlitchat
2:28 am Buffyandrews: @ChristineTB Read all the True Blood books. Haven’t seen any shows, but heard shows are way different. #kidlitchat
2:28 am KatGirl_Studio: @bonnieadamson but I liked the movie, but then again I have not read the book #kidlitchat
2:28 am TracyClark_TLC: @LiaKeyes I liked the movie. But then, I did see it before I read the book. I may have felt different if it were the reverse. #kidlitchat
2:28 am debbieohi: @magelly I’ve read the whole HP series but am intrigued by listening to the audiobooks as well. #kidlitchat
2:28 am heatherwpetty: @magelly I felt that way about the Jurassic Park books. After the first one they read like screenplay novelizations. #kidlitchat
2:29 am katrinagermein: If you expect a movie to be just like the book you’re always going to be disappointed. It’s a reinvention.#kidlitchat
2:29 am bonnieadamson: @JennBailey Actually, that would be my guess, too–star power got in the way? #kidlitchat
2:29 am HeleneBoudreau: I’ll PM you. RT @debbieohi: Im a fan of audiobooks. Might just have to check out those HP audiobooks, then… #kidlitchat
2:29 am SolomonInkwell: @joswartz – You know, I did like the first one. The second kind of left me a little cold. #kidlitchat
2:29 am yachicka: @SolomonInkwell It is meanspirited in a way Seuss was not, but after multiple viewings it grew on me. Alec B was great! #kidlitchat
2:29 am ChristineTB: My theory on Golden Compass movie – 2 much emphasis on style over substance. The London play was done in two parts over 2 days. #kidlitchat
2:29 am KatGirl_Studio: @joswartz really? I thought it was much better than the book. Much better dialogue in the movie #kidlitchat
2:29 am heatherwpetty: I do better with book-to-movie adaptations if I haven’t read the book in a while. #kidlitchat
2:29 am Buffyandrews: RT @NatalieHatch: Our imaginations are such vivid landscapes that no movie can ever live up to the book. LOTR almost did for me. #kidlitchat
2:29 am jennymckmoss: @bonnieadamson @LiaKeyes For me, Golden Compass was a reading experience, needing all my focus to absorb, imagine, & understand #kidlitchat
2:29 am johnlechner: @bonnieadamson @LiaKeyes I think they tried to Harry Potterize the Golden Compass, losing the essence of the book. #kidlitchat
2:29 am dawnmetcalf: @leewind YES! That’s why I never got into music videos. I want *my* imagery, not VH1’s/MTV’s/YouTube’s. #kidlitchat
2:29 am joswartz: LOTR movie definitely did the book honour – it was so detailed and thoughful. #kidlitchat
2:29 am skodobah: @MyraMcEntire Me, too. The directors are great at what they do, their vision. #kidlitchat
2:29 am SheviStories: @dawnmetcalf It’s not “can this be a movie” but “can this compete with a movie.” That competition is a reality we have to face. #kidlitchat
2:29 am heatherwpetty: I read HP4 the week before I went to the movie and all I noticed was what was missing. #kidlitchat
2:29 am f_rancesca: @leewind Agreed! Book 1st. I want to see my images, my vision, not someone else’s. I want that for my children too #kidlitchat
2:30 am erinbowbooks: Movies can only be external: can only be stuff you can see and hear. Not all stories can be told that way. #kidlitchat.
2:30 am skodobah: However, sometimes the vision of the director is less than the vision of the reader. #kidlitchat
2:30 am joswartz: aaargh typos. #kidlitchat
2:30 am aliciapadron: I think picture books are harder to make into movies than other genre #kidlitchat
2:30 am SolomonInkwell: @yachicka – LOL…Alec is always a hoot. Yeah, it does grow on you, I suppose. #kidlitchat
2:30 am dawnmetcalf: @leewind (Of course now all I can think of is Berkeley Breathed’s Opus the Penguin shouting “Half naked exploding porpoises!”) #kidlitchat
2:30 am Brent_Watson41: I actually loved the movie TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD #kidlitchat
2:30 am dawnbonnevie: #kidlitchat 8yo is disappointed Wimpy Kid movie is not in ‘cartoon’.
2:30 am skodobah: @joswartz Typo schmypo #kidlitchat
2:30 am JennBailey: @bonnieadamson Oh. Yea. HP has great star power but they know how to populate a background. #kidlitchat
2:30 am EgmontUSA: @LiaKeyes Pullman’s writing is wonderfully complex, and Hollywood sacrified it for big names, breath-taking scenery and no plot. #kidlitchat
2:30 am crissachappell: A fantastical world shouldn’t be “explained” in a film. It should be explored. And that’s tough to achieve in two hours. #kidlitchat
2:30 am bonnieadamson: @jennymckmoss I agree–the book was . . . draining. I guess in a good way. #kidlitchat
2:30 am DeeScribe: RT @magelly: I thought the later books (6-7) read like screenplay treatments. Tying up loose ends ‘happily’. Didn’t gell. #kidlitchat
2:30 am heatherwpetty: Are their movies you don’t go see because you didn’t like the book? Golden Compass was that for me. #kidlitchat
2:30 am KatGirl_Studio: @heatherwpetty personally I can’t stand them, something about his voice bugs me. My mom had the audio books and we hated them. #kidlitchat
2:30 am kytkafromSM: Where do you guys take time for all those movies, plus writing, twitter chatting three times a week etc? My god… #kidlitchat
2:30 am TracyClark_TLC: @SolomonInkwell I “cast” mine as well! Having darndest time finding my “Izzy”! I tape the photos in my folders too. More real #kidlitchat
2:30 am Donna_Earnhardt: @Koppelmom Just have to say “HI!” Donna! #kidlitchat
2:31 am RosemaryMarotta: @aliciapadron true about picture book being harder….because the story needs to be padded. #kidlitchat
2:31 am joswartz: @aliciapadron I think you are right. I wonder why because both are so visual. #kidlitchat
2:31 am dawnmetcalf: @SheviStories No, I really mean “Can this book sell movie rights & merchandise?” in order to be considered. #kidlitchat
2:31 am YolaRamunno: @dawnmetcalf I like to see if my vision is close to theirs. #kidlitchat
2:31 am zoe_walton: It’s amazing how many kids immediately want a movie of their favourite books. Authors, do you find that frustrating? #kidlitchat
2:31 am crissachappell: I freaking loved the Gus Van Sant adaptation of Paranoid Park. #kidlitchat
2:31 am ChristineTB: @jennymckmoss Exactly – I devoured The Dark Materials trilogy and then listened to the audios and found I had still missed a lot #kidlitchat
2:31 am skodobah: @dawnbonnevie That is significant – they expect it in cartoon format. Right there they aren’t meeting the needs of the viewer. #kidlitchat
2:31 am mgbuehrlen: @heatherwpetty Me too! I have a strict rule not to read the book right before the film or else it’s ruined for me. #kidlitchat
2:31 am eliohouse: Hello new friends! I draw picture books, and I’m ready to jump in this pool! #kidlitchat
2:31 am dawnmetcalf: @MyraMcEntire *boggles* #kidlitchat
2:31 am heatherwpetty: @KatGirl_Studio we love them. Especially for long car rides. #kidlitchat
2:31 am SolomonInkwell: @TracyClark_TLC – OH MAN – Great minds think alike ;-) #kidlitchat
2:31 am LiaKeyes: @EgmontUSA Yes, and lopped off the last third of the book – it felt incomplete! #kidlitchat
2:31 am skodobah: Flashdance is on!!! *distracted* #kidlitchat
2:31 am bonnieadamson: @johnlechner Reading Book Thief–must say Liesl=Lyra in my mind. #kidlitchat
2:31 am crissachappell: He knows how to translate a character’s subjective experience into something that can be seen/heard in a movie. That’s rare. #kidlitchat
2:31 am KatGirl_Studio: @kytkafromSM watch movies on weekends, write at night #kidlitchat
2:31 am f_rancesca: @heatherwpetty Just the opposite. I resist seeing films of books I loved. Can’t bear to see them through someone else’s eyes. #kidlitchat
2:31 am gregpincus: @joswartz you know we kick people out of chat for typos, right? :-) #kidlitchat
2:31 am ChristineTB: RT @crissachappell A fantastical world shouldnt be “explained” in a film. It should be explored. Tough to achieve in two hours. #kidlitchat
2:32 am SolomonInkwell: @skodobah – What a feeling! #kidlitchat
2:32 am KatGirl_Studio: @heatherwpetty never had long car rides, on long train rides i just read books #kidlitchat
2:32 am dawnmetcalf: @TracyClark_TLC @SolomonInkwell Wow. I never think of “somebody” as my char’s. No one looks like the person in my head. #kidlitchat
2:32 am LiaKeyes: @ChristineTB His Dark Materials, narrated by Pullman on audio book – marvelous! Like Gaiman, his books are best read by Himself. #kidlitchat
2:32 am kytkafromSM: And sorry this is exhausting, it would be reasonable in a smaller group, I am not able to follow single ideas and the responses #kidlitchat
2:32 am skodobah: Make a typo, go to query letter hell! #kidlitchat
2:32 am katrinagermein: @kytkafromSM We use our children as an excuse to see them. #kidlitchat
2:32 am TracyClark_TLC: RT @dawnbonnevie: #kidlitchat 8yo is disappointed Wimpy Kid movie is not in ‘cartoon’. I would LOVE that!!
2:32 am LiaKeyes: ROFL!!!! RT @gregpincus: @joswartz you know we kick people out of chat for typos, right? :-) #kidlitchat
2:32 am junegoodwin: @f_rancesca Really? I’m always interested in seeing if the film can pull it off. #kidlitchat
2:32 am YolaRamunno: @gregpincus Uh oh. I will definitely get kicked out then:) #kidlitchat
2:32 am skodobah: The pairing of a good book and an equally good movie equivalent – priceless. #kidlitchat
2:32 am debbieohi: @kytkafromSM Don’t try to follow everything…just grab what you can. :-) #kidlitchat
2:32 am mgbuehrlen: RT @EgmontUSA: Pullmans writing is wonderfully complex, & Hollywood sacrified it for big names, breath-taking scenery & no plot. #kidlitchat
2:33 am dawnbonnevie: #kidlitchat Series of Misfortunate Events movie was disappointing for me. it fell flat.
2:33 am heatherwpetty: @KatGirl_Studio Yeah, we’re in the West… long car rides is the norm. ;) #kidlitchat
2:33 am DDHearn: @aliciapadron I agree. I haven’t seen Wild Things yet, but I think most PB movies are overblown and lose charm of original. #kidlitchat
2:33 am aliciapadron: @joswartz right. The visuals are already there, plus is another pacing. Movies are far too long for a picture book in my opinion #kidlitchat
2:33 am ChristineTB: @LiaKeyes Exactly! My kids were riveted by those audios. And using a “cast” to do them was beyond wonderful. #kidlitchat
2:33 am dawnmetcalf: @TracyClark_TLC @SolomonInkwell Actually…that’s a lie. I saw my MC walk across the street & I gaped. Inspired my fave T-shirt. #kidlitchat
2:33 am skodobah: @SolomonInkwell Makes me want to rip my sweatshirt. #kidlitchat
2:33 am bonnieadamson: @dawnmetcalf Interesting. I don’t “see” my characters at all–hear & feel, yes. #kidlitchat
2:33 am aliciapadron: @joswartz they might need to be 32 minutes long, lol ;o) #kidlitchat
2:33 am ninaberry: @leewind. Great way to put it. The novelist is both director and screenwriter, with a touch of production design and casting. #kidlitchat
2:33 am DDHearn: @Brent_Watson41 I loved Mockingbird too. I saw the movie first, though. Don’t know how I’d feel if I had read book first. #kidlitchat
2:33 am dawnmetcalf: @BonnieAdamson Exactly. #kidlitchat
2:33 am skodobah: I live 55 miles from Hollywood. I don’t let it influence my writing one bit. #kidlitchat
2:33 am KatGirl_Studio: @heatherwpetty I live in the SF bay area that’s about as west as you get #kidlitchat
2:33 am aliciapadron: @DDHearn I agree #kidlitchat
2:33 am SolomonInkwell: @skodobah – LOL! I’ll get the water… #kidlitchat
2:34 am joswartz: re: my types – I feel totally absolved. thanks! #kidlitchat
2:34 am mgbuehrlen: RT @skodobah: The pairing of a good book and an equally good movie equivalent – priceless. << Yes Ma’am! #kidlitchat
2:34 am susanjsteward: As in Polar Express, @DDHearn? #kidlitchat
2:34 am gregpincus: @eliohouse Howdy! Jump on in. We’re talking movies of kidbooks today (and related issues). And it goes fast. Don’t panic! #kidlitchat
2:34 am bakersmark: HEY! Behave yourselves ;) @skodobah @SolomonInkwell Makes me want to rip my sweatshirt. #kidlitchat
2:34 am ChristineTB: @dawnbonnevie Us too. We think that’s why there weren’t more “Unfortunate” movies made. #kidlitchat
2:34 am ErinDealey: @zoe_walton At least they know it’s a book first! #kidlitchat
2:34 am EgmontUSA: RT @ChristineTB: RT @crissachappell A fantastical world shouldnt be “explained” in a film. It should be explored. Tough to achieve in two hours. #kidlitchat
2:34 am dawnmetcalf: RT @TracyClark_TLC: RT @dawnbonnevie: #kidlitchat 8yo is disappointed Wimpy Kid movie is not in ‘cartoon’. I would LOVE that!!
2:34 am HeleneBoudreau: Have seen (and LURVED) The Princess Bride but never read the book. Sacrilege? #kidlitchat
2:34 am DDHearn: @EgmontUSA I think Hollywood got nervous about the religious themes in Pullman’s book, too. They wimped out there. #kidlitchat
2:34 am TracyClark_TLC: @dawnmetcalf The big gasp was when I was complaining about not finding my MC and my best friend told me to look in the mirror #kidlitchat
2:34 am eliohouse: Question for the gang, where on the internet do you go to learn about “up and coming”, or newly released kid’s books? #kidlitchat
2:34 am heatherwpetty: @dawnbonnevie Oh, I disagree. I actually saw a new side to the villain in SoUE because of the movie. #kidlitchat
2:34 am f_rancesca: @junegoodwin Ooh I feel that too, but I still resist. At least until I have some distance. #kidlitchat
2:34 am skodobah: @SolomonInkwell HAHAHAHA! #kidlitchat
2:34 am joswartz: killing myself laughing right now! #kidlitchat
2:34 am carolgrannick: @DDHearn Read Mockingbird first, then saw movie…re-read and re-watch once a year, probably…Love both. #kidlitchat
2:35 am SolomonInkwell: @bakersmark – LOL!! – Well, you have to have a ripped sweatshirt and water if you watching Flashdance! #kidlitchat
2:35 am mgbuehrlen: @bonnieadamson I know the essence of my characters. Not their exact features per se. #kidlitchat
2:35 am kytkafromSM: @debbieohi thanks for the advise, but still it makes me nervous, though I would love to talk about these things more #kidlitchat
2:35 am skodobah: @mgbuehrlen Like wine and cheese. Or beer and Eskimo Pie. #kidlitchat
2:35 am DDHearn: @KatGirl_Studio What can’t you stand? I missed the first tweet about it. Came in late. #kidlitchat
2:35 am dawnmetcalf: @gregpincus @eliohouse DON’T PANIC. Another great book completely destroyed in movie format. ;-) #kidlitchat
2:35 am debbieohi: @HeleneBoudreau I only read The Princess Bride novel years after I saw the movie, so no worries. :-) #kidlitchat
2:35 am SheviStories: I like to draw my YA characters on little pieces of note paper and tape them to the hutch over my desk… #kidlitchat
2:35 am savannahjfoley: What inspires you to write kidlit? For me it’s because of Bridge to Terabithea and Maniac Magee #kidlitchat
2:35 am zoe_walton: @HeleneBoudreau Book of Princess Bride is quite a different experience. Different ending! #kidlitchat
2:35 am KatGirl_Studio: @HeleneBoudreau I didn’t even know it was a book #kidlitchat
2:35 am f_rancesca: RT @LiaKeyes His Dark Materials, narrated by Pullman – marvelous! Like Gaiman, his books are best read by himself. #kidlitchat > YES YES YES
2:35 am susanjsteward: As a kid, if liked a movie, I’d run out and find the book pronto. How about you? #kidlitchat
2:35 am jamieharrington: @jmartinlibrary idol #kidlitchat
2:35 am EgmontUSA: @DDHearn I agree with that, too. #kidlitchat
2:35 am junegoodwin: @f_rancesca LOL. I admire your self control. #kidlitchat
2:35 am debbieohi: @kytkafromSM I find it helps to focus on just one or two conversations. If you use Tweetchat, you can highlight certain people. #kidlitchat
2:35 am ChristineTB: @DDHearn Same with Angels & Demons. Could you make a movie anymore sanitized? I knew something was up when the Vatican endorsed #kidlitchat
2:35 am TracyClark_TLC: @dawnmetcalf And I totally want to know what the t-shirt says! #kidlitchat
2:36 am bonnieadamson: @eliohouse Fuse8’s blog at SLJournal, Children’s Bookshelf newsletter . . . #kidlitchat
2:36 am SheviStories: …I like to look at those drawings of my characters while I write. They dare me to write their stories or ask “Now what?” #kidlitchat
2:36 am KatGirl_Studio: @DDHearn I hate audio books they bug me. #kidlitchat
2:36 am NathalieMvondo: @eliohouse I check book reviewers’ blogs for up & coming and newly released kid books… Hi everyone. :) #kidlitchat
2:36 am dawnmetcalf: RT @LiaKeyes His Dark Materials, narrated by Pullman – marvelous! Like Gaiman, his books are best read by himself. #kidlitchat > YES YES YES
2:36 am prufrocke: I rarely find people that look like my protags: but I collect images that remind me of the storyworld: places, clothing, objects #kidlitchat
2:36 am SolomonInkwell: You do have to be careful. You can tell when a writer has handed over full rights to their work to a producer… #kidlitchat
2:36 am DDHearn: @eliohouse Hi. Welcome, and jump right on in. If you are on tweetchat it’ll help you follow. #kidlitchat
2:36 am dawnbonnevie: #kidlitchat SoME. Doesn’t help I don’t like Jim Carey.
2:36 am dawnmetcalf: @TracyClark_TLC HAHAHAHAHAHA! #kidlitchat
2:36 am TracyClark_TLC: @zoe_walton Sometimes I wonder if it’s because they want the story to be “real”. #kidlitchat
2:36 am bonnieadamson: @mgbuehrlen Yes, I almost never describe–I just don’t see them from the outside. #kidlitchat
2:36 am jamieharrington: @SheviStories I make collages #kidlitchat
2:36 am crissachappell: @SheviStories Do you draw your characters? Me too! #kidlitchat
2:36 am debbieohi: @KatGirl_Studio I didn’t used to like audiobooks until I found ones with good narrators. #kidlitchat
2:36 am mgbuehrlen: RT @LiaKeyes His Dark Materials, narrated by Pullman – marvelous! Like Gaiman, his books are best read by himself. #kidlitchat #kidlitchat
2:36 am gregpincus: @kytkafromSM Ya, in this chat… You have to accept you’ll lose threads. People follow up later #kidlitchat
2:36 am SheviStories: If you’re having trouble following, try this: http://tweetchat.com/room/kidlitchat #kidlitchat
2:36 am dawnmetcalf: @TracyClark_TLC (That’s not what the T-shirt says, that was in response to you = your MC) ;-) #kidlitchat
2:37 am skodobah: @prufrocke Sometimes I get lucky and find a character image in the paper or a magazine. Then I run like the wind! #kidlitchat
2:37 am mgbuehrlen: RT @debbieohi: @HeleneBoudreau I only read The Princess Bride novel years after I saw the movie, so no worries. :-) >> Me too! #kidlitchat
2:37 am bonnieadamson: @mgbuehrlen Except picture books, lol. Those usually begin with sketch of character. #kidlitchat
2:37 am zoe_walton: @TracyClark_TLC Yes, true. #kidlitchat
2:37 am debbieohi: @KatGirl_Studio I use audiobooks as motivation to run/power walk longer – they distract me from the fact I’m exercising. :-D #kidlitchat
2:37 am dawnmetcalf: @TracyClark_TLC My CafePress T-shirt: “Sorry for staring – you look like someone I wrote.” :-) #kidlitchat
2:37 am leewind: What about full cast audio? I really loved listening to K. Oppal’s Airborne” but it was very different than reading it. #kidlitchat
2:37 am DDHearn: @ChristineTB One advantage film has over book is you can show things visually very quickly. Fantasy worlds can be easily shown. #kidlitchat
2:37 am NatalieHatch: @zoe_walton I so wanted David Eddings books to be made into a movie when I was a teen, now I wouldn’t dream of it. #kidlitchat
2:37 am ChristineTB: @SolomonInkwell Ursula LeGuin ranted over the adaptation of Wizard of Earthsea. She vented on website re: director’s arrogance. #kidlitchat
2:37 am NathalieMvondo: RT @crissachappell: @SheviStories Do you draw your characters? Me too! ==> Me three! #kidlitchat
2:37 am f_rancesca: RT @mgbuehrlen: @bonnieadamson I know the essence of my characters. Not their exact features per se>me too. Insides not outsides #kidlitchat
2:37 am mgbuehrlen: @bonnieadamson I find a blunt facial feature in a book will totally throw me off and that’s all I end up seeing. #kidlitchat
2:37 am magelly: @ChristineTB @zoe_walton You see a movie in your head when you read. You don’t need one on the screen, neccessarily. #kidlitchat
2:37 am KatGirl_Studio: @debbieohi i also have no reason for them since I don’t commute anywhere anymore #kidlitchat
2:38 am prufrocke: Have found one picture that is stunningly like one adult character — as a child. But the personality is vivid! #kidlitchat
2:38 am skodobah: Hey, Jurassic Park! That’s a great book AND movie. One we watch 200 times a week, thanks to my son. #kidlitchat
2:38 am ErinDealey: @dawnmetcalf @TracyClark_TLC (That’s not what the T-shirt says, that was in response to you = your MC) ;-) #kidlitchat Sowhat DOES it say?
2:38 am HeleneBoudreau: @erinbowbooks So the book and the movie are very different then? (Princess Bride) #kidlitchat
2:38 am gregpincus: @heleneboudreau Sacrilige? I do not think that means what you think it means :-) I read the book years later #kidlitchat
2:38 am mgbuehrlen: @bonnieadamson Except maybe build & hair color, I see my characters more clearly from the inside. #kidlitchat
2:38 am ChristineTB: @DDHearn I agree. Avatar – for instance – would be a hard world to visualize. A Set designer can make or break a movie. #kidlitchat
2:38 am Nightwolfwriter: I think The Unfortunate Events movie would have been better if the director could have reigned Carey in. Focus on the kids more #kidlitchat
2:38 am joswartz: @savannahjfoley Inspired 2 write by LOTR & The Odyssey. My niece & nephew inspired me 2 write 4 kids. #kidlitchat
2:38 am MyraMcEntire: @dawnmetcalf I LOVE THAT. I want one that says “I’m not a creepy soccer mom, I’m eavesdropping for book research.” #kidlitchat
2:38 am NatalieHatch: @leewind Ken Oppel’s “Airborn” was great book and audiobook. #kidlitchat
2:38 am mgbuehrlen: @bonnieadamson That’s true! Re: picture books LOL #kidlitchat
2:38 am melodychamlee: #kidlitchat None of my characters have much detail except for physical size and age. I like to write so they can be anything to anyone.
2:38 am crissachappell: @dawnmetcalf haha! rock. #kidlitchat
2:38 am DeeScribe: RT @skodobah: @prufrocke Sometimes I get lucky and find a character image in the paper or a magazine. Me too:-) #kidlitchat
2:39 am ErinDealey: hahaha! I want one! @dawnmetcalf @TracyClark_TLC My CafePress T-shirt: “Sorry for staring – you look like someone I wrote.” :-) #kidlitchat
2:39 am prufrocke: @skodobah Yes! When I do find them, I’m never looking for them! Or I want to write someone -based- on their picture. #kidlitchat
2:39 am jamieharrington: And let us not forget Gone With The Wind. #kidlitchat
2:39 am skodobah: I need to get outta here. Bummer. Nice chat! You guys are so fun. #kidlitchat
2:39 am erinbowbooks: @HeleneBoudreau The movie and book of Princess Bride share some things — but the ending is not one of them! #kidlitchat
2:39 am debbieohi: @KatGirl_Studio These days I listen to the audiobook version of Sol Stein’s On Writing while I do chores. #kidlitchat
2:39 am junegoodwin: @prufrocke Saw a gorgeous boy on the train in NYC that looked like my MC. People were staring at him too, just like as I wrote. #kidlitchat
2:39 am DDHearn: @susanjsteward Yes. I thought Polar Express movie was padded out with mayhem and lost all the charm of the book. #kidlitchat
2:39 am bonnieadamson: @mgbuehrlen Too much description reminds me of teen romance novels I devoured in hs (everyone was beautiful) #kidlitchat
2:39 am aimeebartis: I do like to ‘picture’ the action while I write. It helps make sure it flows #kidlitchat
2:39 am JennBailey: @gregpincus LOL! Inconceivable. #kidlitchat
2:39 am KatGirl_Studio: @MyraMcEntire hahha that’s great #kidlitchat
2:39 am ChristineTB: @Nightwolfwriter Ditto. It was less a movie than a Jim Carey vehicle. I kept waiting for them to finally kill him off – sigh. #kidlitchat
2:39 am mgbuehrlen: @f_rancesca Except I LOVE how you describe Christina & her mother, their wild, thick black hair. *sigh* That’s all I need. #kidlitchat
2:39 am f_rancesca: Interesting how some of us are so visual (see characters) or auditory (hear soundtracks) and some of us are… what? #kidlitchat
2:39 am dawnmetcalf: @prufrocke I’ve been inspired by art (Jose Posada, Richard Avedon, etc.), but not in direct correlation to story. #kidlitchat
2:40 am DeeScribe: @melodychamlee My description usually relates to plot. But in my head I see them in detail. #kidlitchat
2:40 am skodobah: @prufrocke I saw a photo on the cover of a magazine and thought, “THERE HE IS!!!” #kidlitchat
2:40 am DDHearn: @HeleneBoudreau I loved the Princess Bride, too. But I haven’t read the book either. Wonder how I’d feel about it if I had. #kidlitchat
2:40 am TracyClark_TLC: Mass produce!!RT @dawnmetcalf: @TracyClark_TLC My CafePress T-shirt: “Sorry for staring – you look like someone I wrote.” :-) #kidlitchat
2:40 am mgbuehrlen: @bonnieadamson Yes. And beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right? So keep it simple and every1 will be able to relate. #kidlitchat
2:40 am SheviStories: @Nightwolfwriter I liked the Unfortunate Events movie better than the books, but agree Carrey went too far. #kidlitchat
2:40 am jamieharrington: I actually wish I was sitting in a movie theatre watching Percy Jackson right now. #kidlitchat
2:40 am prufrocke: I wish there were more fantasy films because I lovelovelove seeing worlds visually explored. #kidlitchat
2:40 am yachicka: RT @JennBailey: @gregpincus LOL! Inconceivable. #kidlitchat
2:40 am zoe_walton: @NatalieHatch David Eddings movies? Scary thought. :-) #kidlitchat
2:40 am dawnmetcalf: @bonnieadamson @mgbuehrlen I just like when description goes beyond hair/eye/skin color as if that encapsulates a whole person. #kidlitchat
2:40 am bonnieadamson: @JennBailey Hey that was a great adaptation! Princess Bride. Or did someone already say that? :-) #kidlitchat
2:40 am KatGirl_Studio: @debbieohi oh I listen to mostly instrumental music when i write or i accidentally start writing the words i hear #kidlitchat
2:41 am DDHearn: @eliohouse The Horn Book magazine has a website. Also, there are twitter book parties where they’ll tweet new book announcement. #kidlitchat
2:41 am johnlechner: Are there any books that are just unfilmable? #kidlitchat
2:41 am leewind: @DDHearn now I’m going to have to add Princess Bride to my TBR pile! #kidlitchat
2:41 am prufrocke: The HP films are uneven at best, but esp. in later ones the cinematography, the sets, the sheer amount of WORLD: my heart sings! #kidlitchat
2:41 am eliohouse: Jeepers, you guys move fast! #kidlitchat
2:41 am Nightwolfwriter: I don’t visualize people when I create my characters, but I do match up voices with characters. Helps me keep them distinct #kidlitchat
2:41 am SolomonInkwell: The Harry Potter I created in my mind was much diff from the one I saw on screen. I still liked the world – just wasn’t mine #kidlitchat
2:41 am dawnmetcalf: @MyraMcEntire *hee* Brilliant! #kidlitchat
2:41 am zoe_walton: I don’t usually read audiobooks but I *love* Terry Pratchett on audiobook on car journeys. #kidlitchat
2:41 am f_rancesca: @mgbuehrlen Thank you very much! Possibly physical self as reflection of inner self? #kidlitchat
2:41 am heatherwpetty: @TracyClark_TLC I love that. I totally met Ethan at Stonehouse Cafe. He was a waiter there. I stared at him the whole time. ha! #kidlitchat
2:41 am jamieharrington: @johnlechner I would say breaking dawn… #kidlitchat
2:41 am KatGirl_Studio: @jamieharrington Me too! I’m going to be a total fangirl and show up in my Lightning Thief shirt #kidlitchat
2:41 am debbieohi: Hey, who’s making those great writer t-shirt slogans? Lost track of the multiple RTs. @dawnmetcalf? @TracyClark_TLC? #kidlitchat
2:41 am DeeScribe: RT @dawnmetcalf: @prufrocke Ive been inspired by art … My Letters to Leonardo completely inspired by Leonardo da Vinci:-) #kidlitchat
2:42 am f_rancesca: RT @zoe_walton: I dont usually read audiobooks but I *love* Terry Pratchett on audiobook on car journeys. > Or any time! ;) #kidlitchat
2:42 am dawnbonnevie: RT @eliohouse: Jeepers, you guys move fast! #kidlitchat
2:42 am kapybara: RT @dawnmetcalf: RT @LiaKeyes His Dark Materials, narrated by Pullman – marvelous! Like Gaiman, his books are best read by himself. #kidlitchat > YES YES YES
2:42 am dawnmetcalf: @leewind The novel Princess Bride is impossibly better than the movie (and I’m a die-hard fan of the movie!) #kidlitchat
2:42 am leewind: must say goodnight – time to read a good book to my kid! Thanks all! Namaste, Lee #kidlitchat
2:42 am ChristineTB: @eliohouse Just slow down the refresh speed if you’re on tweetchat and can’t keep up. #kidlitchat
2:42 am LiaKeyes: LOVE Pratchett RT @zoe_walton: I dont usually read audiobooks but I *love* Terry Pratchett on audiobook on car journeys. #kidlitchat
2:42 am junegoodwin: @eliohouse I know right?! #kidlitchat
2:42 am mgbuehrlen: @dawnmetcalf You talking about showing “character” and not just stats? #kidlitchat
2:42 am jamieharrington: @KatGirl_Studio haha and I don’t blame you. #kidlitchat
2:42 am prufrocke: A book I’d love to see as a film by the right director: Patricia MacLachlan’s ‘Baby’. So much quiet flavour: I can -see- it. #kidlitchat
2:42 am ChristineTB: @leewind Namaste! #kidlitchat
2:42 am katrinagermein: Have to dash. Enjoy the last 20 mins. #kidlitchat
2:42 am HeleneBoudreau: @gregpincus No more rhymes and I mean it! Anybody wanna peanut? (Princess Bride) :-) #kidlitchat
2:42 am DDHearn: @ChristineTB I haven’t read Angels and Demons either, so didn’t know what they changed. Always tricky with religious themes. #kidlitchat
2:43 am yachicka: Off to watch a movie now with the hubster – very fitting! Thanks for the fun chat! #kidlitchat
2:43 am YolaRamunno: What do you think of the new Alice in Wonderland movie coming out? I am excited to see it. #kidlitchat
2:43 am aliciapadron: @johnlechner they all can be filmed one way or the other. The question is if they should. #kidlitchat
2:43 am dawnmetcalf: Actually, I felt the same way about THE LAST UNICORN. The movie preserved 90+% of dialogue & I ? it, but book is *much* better. #kidlitchat
2:43 am KarenCollum: @DeeScribe Glad you made it :) #kidlitchat
2:43 am NatalieHatch: @zoe_walton yes the dry wit really comes out, love the accent, Pratchett’s great #kidlitchat
2:43 am mgbuehrlen: @f_rancesca Definitely. Their hair is an extension of their wild/free inner spirits. Loved it. #kidlitchat
2:43 am KatGirl_Studio: @jamieharrington 90% precept of my shirts are from movies or shows… cuz I’m a total geek #kidlitchat
2:43 am TracyClark_TLC: @heatherwpetty But you’ve not yet met your Liam? Gotta find the Liam! Proof they are real for us. :-) #kidlitchat
2:43 am debbieohi: I want one! –>RT @dawnmetcalf: My CafePress T-shirt: “Sorry for staring – you look like someone I wrote.” #kidlitchat
2:43 am IonaMcAvoy: Friday! our val treet! RT @jamieharrington: I actually wish I was sitting in a movie theatre watching Percy Jackson right now. #kidlitchat
2:43 am ErinDealey: @leewind @DDHearn Princess Bride definitely. #kidlitchat
2:43 am NathalieMvondo: @leewind Namaste, Lee #kidlitchat
2:43 am bonnieadamson: @dawnmetcalf And who’s the guy who reads the Douglass Adams books? I hear his voice in my head: perfect. #kidlitchat
2:43 am susanjsteward: A great book will make me feel like I’m *living* the story. Can’t say as much for most films. Spirited Away did a great job. #kidlitchat
2:43 am DeeScribe: @KarenCollum Thanks for showing me the way:-) #kidlitchat
2:44 am zoe_walton: @HeleneBoudreau @gregpincus Don’t get me started on Princess Bride quotes! We could be here all day! ;) #kidlitchat
2:44 am DDHearn: @KatGirl_Studio I’ve never listened to an audio book. Oh, I did one. The Endurance, about Shackleton. It was ok. #kidlitchat
2:44 am gregpincus: @dawnmetcalf @leewind and Princess Bride book written by a screenwriter,no less #kidlitchat
2:44 am JennBailey: William Goldman wrote both book and screenplay (Princess Bride) so I always wonder what his first thoughts were, book or movie? #kidlitchat
2:44 am f_rancesca: @mgbuehrlen :) :) thank you, really. #kidlitchat
2:44 am erinbowbooks: @dawnmetcalf The Last Unicorn is another good case study. It was hit all the literal notes – and completely flubbed the tone. #kidlitchat
2:44 am ChristineTB: @DDHearn On A&D – A lot – a whole lot, including the plot line and the explanation for why the murder occurred. Movie was awful #kidlitchat
2:44 am KatGirl_Studio: @dawnmetcalf I’ve met Peter he’s super nice! #kidlitchat
2:44 am LiaKeyes: @zoe_walton A few of Pratchett’s books were made into UK movies but his plots ramble so work better as books. #kidlitchat
2:44 am dawnmetcalf: @mgbuehrlen That & real people notice a lot more than those things: clothes, carriage, attitude, etc. Just stats = lazy IMO. #kidlitchat
2:44 am IonaMcAvoy: @LiaKeyes good to know will have to get! #kidlitchat
2:44 am welch6331: @YolaRamunno It stars Johhny Depp. Need I say more? #kidlitchat
2:44 am KarenCollum: @DeeScribe Shame I got the direction wrong in the beginning! LOL #kidlitchat
2:44 am LM_Preston: Hey everybody #kidlitchat
2:44 am heatherwpetty: @TracyClark_TLC I have a pic of Liam… I’ll show you next time you make writing night/crit group. #kidlitchat
2:44 am kytkafromSM: Okay so I am hiding myself into a role of a voyeur, as usual. But it is interesting to watch you, for sure:) #kidlitchat
2:44 am zoe_walton: @bonnieadamson Oh yes, the Douglas Adams audio is so good, isn’t it? You’re right about that voice getting in your head. #kidlitchat

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