Have You EVER Considered Adapting Your Book? Even If It’s Not Written Yet?
We stand at a moment in which something subtle, but momentous, is shifting beneath the surface of film and television. It begins slowly: fewer original scripts, more remakes, yet another over-the-top franchise entry. But lurking behind the slow grind of corporate gatekeeping is a technological revolution that promises to reshape the creative landscape, one that could boot off derivative, overproduced content and fling open the doors for writers, indie storytellers, and underrepresented voices to flourish.
Artificial intelligence, previously the realm of science fiction and laboratory experimentation, is increasingly coming into the business of film production. From voice cloning and video production to editing and scriptwriting, AI is being used to slash costs and production timelines while, in the process, raising difficult questions regarding authorship, creative integrity, and what precisely it means to build a story. And while this shift is inducing excitement and fear across the industry, for writers, especially for those who have finished books or screen-ready novels, the doors that AI is opening today might turn out to be revolutionary.
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