Though I don’t think I’d want to be in the situation of being told what it had to be about.
Many popular TV series and movie series have side stories written by independent authors. Some are official, some aren’t. But would any of us want to write one of these novels?
Question 127 – If you were asked to write a novel for a popular movie or TV series, which would it be and why?
As I am averse to handling other people’s characters (to the point that I would never write fanfiction, though I certainly read it), I don’t know that I would be comfortable with novelizing anyone else’s material at all. I’m sure I can do it, but having heard some anecdotes about the process (authors ordered to kill off certain fan-favorite characters in tie-in novels, thus taking a lot of heat from fans), I don’t think I’d be well-suited to it. I’m also no longer enough of a fan of anything beside books to…
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