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How I adapted a screenplay into a short story
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How I adapted a screenplay into a short story

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Debbi Mack
Jun 23, 2023
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Here's what I did.

First, I rewrote was inspired by Hamlet to write a hardboiled mystery as a short film just for kicks.

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Then I added some more words as needed to rework it as well as I could into a short story.

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