Not exact matches
Boone and
writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber know what a difficult task they have in adapting John Green's
best - selling novel, about a tentative romance between two cancer - stricken teenagers, into a durable screen product that will appeal to younger target
audience without quickly
becoming a punchline for everyone else.
Without a clear purpose in mind, it would prove almost impossible to
become one of those
good book
writers that manage to take their
audience by surprise and create increasingly
better sequels.
That's a
good thing as any competent
writer will tell you that the
best thing you can do is force the
audience to
become uncomfortable with an aspect of the story because it feels too real or hits too hard (such as killing off a
well - loved character and keeping them dead).