Ready Player One: On Writing Movies and Books

I read Ready Player One last year and loved it. I was very excited about the movie coming out.

I saw the movie last night and–as many critics have pointed out–it is very different from the book.

I won’t offer any critique or analysis here. What I find interesting, though, is that the author of the book, Ernest Cline, is listed as one of two screenplay writers. In other words, he was on board with the many changes in the movie.

I imagine myself working on a script that turned my book into a mo...