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I've Written Original Material Before, Where I've Come Up With The Idea And The Characters Myself, And That's Definitely Very Different To Working With Someone Else's Characters And Stories.

It Slightly Depends On Your Perspective, Sort Of How You Look At These Things, But When I Sit Down To Write A Script, I'm Not Planning To Write A Script; I'm Planning To Make A Film, And So I Only See The Script As Being Just A Step There.

The Thing Video Games Had To Learn Was To Write, Which Is Not To Let People Choose Their Own Stuff, But Actually Prescribe It. To Say, "this Character Is Not A Blank Canvas That You Can Project Onto. I'm Going To Tell You What This Character Is Like. And I'm Going To Tell You What Happens To Them. You're Going To Feel Involved In Other Ways." Video Games Made The Mistake Of Thinking Everything Had To Be Projectable, And This Doesn't Do That At All.

The Success That Comes From My Books Is Not Something I Feel Very Comfortable With. Past A Certain Point You Have To Accept The Idea That The Success Is A Lot To Do With The Timing And Luck And That Divorces You From It Massively. There Are Aspects Of It That I Haven't Got Used To At All. But I've Enjoyed Some Parts Of It Massively. It Relates To The Same Reason I Did A Lot Of Backpacking — Partly For The Experience — It's Something To Tell My Grandkids. It's A Weird Chain Of Events To Have In Your Life.

Personally I Don't Think There's Any Real Intrinsic Difference Between Comic Books, Movies, Theatre, Novels. I Know There's Sure To Be Some Differences Of Some Sorts. I've Worked On Novels, Films, And Video Games, And In An Adaptation, I Guess One Of The Issues Is That I Have To Be In Love With The Thing I'm Adapting Before I Do It. So That Can Cause A Problem. You Can Be Too Scared Of It. You Could Be Too Reverential. But At The Same Time You Want To Try To Capture This Thing That You're Obsessed By. You're Fixated For A Reason. What's The Reason? You Try To Get Ahold Of It.