Lm
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David Williams:
David, I absolutely loved When the English Fall. It's entertaining, but also a beautiful allegory for walking with Christ during difficult times. Have you ever thought of adapting it into a screenplay?
David Williams
So glad it was meaningful to you, and sorry for the delay in responding...somehow managed to miss this question in all the hurly burly of the last year. I tried my hand at an adaptation a few years back, but wasn't at all pleased with the result. I'd thought to break out a subsidiary character, and to have the screenplay track both inside and outside Jacob's settlement simultaneously. After the requisite month of setting it aside, I came back and was horrified. Did I write that clumsy mess?
That said, I did option the film rights to a wonderful and accomplished screenwriter/showrunner at the beginning of 2020. I trust him to do it justice, should providence shine upon the project.
That said, I did option the film rights to a wonderful and accomplished screenwriter/showrunner at the beginning of 2020. I trust him to do it justice, should providence shine upon the project.
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Kate
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David Williams:
I live in Durham, but I went to college in Lancaster and lived there for several years before moving to North Carolina. Reading your book and seeing names like "Stauffers" and "Lititz" fills me with an interesting mix of rabid excitement and nostalgic homesickness. Just wanted to share? (The question mark is just so this counts as a question to get sent to you!) :)
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