![]() A Hallmark movie takes only about 3 weeks to film. While the matters of funding, screenwriting, and hiring actors and crew can take months, the actual filming of the movie is fast. It was hard to keep my exciting news to myself.Ħ How long does it take to film a Hallmark movie? A TV movie is also a quick process. And I was sworn to secrecy until the very end. That may seem fairly quick, but for an author waiting for her book to come alive on screen, it was excruciatingly slow. I signed my first movie option in March of 2015, and The Convenient Groom aired in June of 2016. I wouldn’t know the first thing about writing a screenplay, and since I wanted “my” movies to turn out great, I left the scripts in the experts’ hands.ĥ How long did the process take from option to airing? Getting a book adapted into a TV movie is a slow process. Fortunately I knew this up front and was happy to let the film people work their magic.Ĥ Did you write the screenplay? Just like novel writing, screenwriting is a craft that takes years to hone. Film is a completely different medium than a novel, and sometimes what works well in print doesn’t work at all on the screen. A December Bride is a fake fiancé story, and The Goodbye Bride employs the amnesia trope.ģ Did you have any input in the movie process? Unless your name is Nicholas Sparks or Nora Roberts, an author probably won’t have much input in the film itself. The Convenient Groom is a modern-day marriage-of-convenience story. ![]() It also doesn’t hurt to utilize one of the popular romance tropes. In a panic she accepts the offer of a contractor-who secretly loves her-to step in as the groom in order to save her career. Right finds herself jilted just before her highly publicized wedding. Here’s the hook for The Convenient Groom: A celebrity relationship expert with a best-selling book about finding Mr. A hook is a situation that captures the reader’s attention. As it happens, this particular production company had already optioned a couple of other books and made them into Hallmark movies, so there was already an established history between my publisher and the production company.Ģ What kind of book makes a good Hallmark movie? If you watch Hallmark movies then you know most of the stories have compelling hooks. ![]() The rights department actively pitches their novels for film rights. Here are answers to the most frequent questions I receive.ġ How did the producer find your book? I’m sure there are many ways producers “find” novels. Along the way I discovered readers were also curious about the book-to-movie process. When my first movie was optioned, the movie process was a complete mystery to me, but I was thrilled and excited to learn all about it. ( The Convenient Groom, A December Bride, and The Goodbye Bride ). And somehow I’ve been blessed to have three Hallmark movie adaptations. Most novelists dream of having one of their books adapted into a movie.
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