Pow! That's an excerpt from Christa Faust's Snakes on a Plane novelization. We've discussed this cult film project before, but this week we're talking with Faust about gateway drugs, Mexican wrestling, and how to break into the world of movie novel-writing.
Welcome to the penultimate installment of my interview with Christa Faust, part of my deceptively simple feature: Five Easy Questions. In the spirit of Jack Nicholson’s mad piano player, I run a serialized set of weekly interviews with writing pioneers—delivering some practical, unexpected advice about web publishing.Jason Boog:
You link out to the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (IAMTW). Can you explain how you got involved with this group a little bit? How can fledgling writers get involved with this kind of work?
Christa Faust:
I came into writing novelizations the same way I came into everything I’ve ever done as a writer; through a series of happy accidents...
More than one writer I knew had been contacted by former editor Jay Slater from Black Flame (the publisher who was doing tie-in and novelization projects related to New Line properties like Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street and Final Destination.)
Those other writers were all too busy for that kind of work, but told Jay to contact me. “Give it to Christa,” they said. “She’ll eat anything.” I was actually sniffing around for that kind of work at the time and not having much luck when Jay got in touch with me.
I pulled their asses out of the fire on a project with a hellacious deadline and next thing I knew, I was in. Once I had several tie-ins published, a fellow Black Flame writer told me about the IAMTW.
I figured it couldn’t hurt, so I signed up.
Want to find out what websites to visit to come up with these crazy ideas?
Tune in tomorrow for the exciting conclusion of Five Easy Questions for Christa Faust...
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