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Old 11-10-2009, 01:48 PM   #2936
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Many thanks, Don. Odd how many short stories have been successfully turned into full length feature films by imaginative screen writers. Makes you wonder why the authors didn't go the whole hog in the first place and develop such good ideas. N
Not odd at all. Think of how much gets cut out of films made from novels. The short story is often the perfect length for a film, which usually has to show rather than tell.
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