Not all of King’s short stories are available but it’s still a great opportunity to create a film or screenplay based on a story by one of the best American writers of all time. Virginia Woolf Stephen King Dollar Baby Programĭid you know you can apply to adapt a Stephen King short story for a mere buck? It’s called the Dollar Baby program and since 1977, aspiring filmmakers and students have been making films based on 23 short stories by the master horror writer we all love and respect. Monday or Tuesday is a collection of 8 short stories that showcase the writer’s progressive, free-spirited point of view.
Virginia Woolf’s writing was a century ahead of its time when it came to gender fluidity and sexuality, particularly in the novel Orlando: A Biography. This “Scrap Bag” is the first of six volumes and offers 14 short stories. Louisa May Alcott Aunt Jo’s Scrap Bag: Volume 1įemale struggle powered by enduring optimism are themes Alcott explored consistently and, judging by the success of Greta Gerwig’s Oscar-Winning Little Women from 2019, these themes still resonate today. 2017’s The Shape of Water was an adult fairy tale that explored themes of “otherness” and won the Oscar for Best Picture. Though we may not need a new version of “Rapunzel” or “Hansel and Gretel,” fairy tales are deeply psychological and may inspire you to explore archetypes and primal fears or add a fantasy element to your screenplay. Hollywood has long had a love affair with classic fairy tales, and Disney has made billions of dollars adapting them. Henry Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Grimms’ Fairy Tales The 25 short stories in this collection all explore this theme that readily provides big conflict. The term “at sixes and sevens” refers to a situation or relationship that is in a state of confusion or disharmony – likely something to which we can all relate. Henry is best known for his use of irony or a gut-punching emotional twist that comes at the end of his short stories. One story in the collection, “The Nightmare Room,” is about Lucile Mason, a beautiful and “dangerous woman” who may be poisoning her husband. If Sherlock Holmes is just too iconic for you, take a look at this collection of 12 short stories that don’t involve Holmes but do involve suspense, surprise, and even a femme fatal. If anything, the structure of these stories will help any writer map out their own whodunnit plot and resolution. This book is a collection of 12 short stories that feature the master at work, looking past red herrings and uncovering criminal motives. It seems audiences can’t get enough of the clever detective who uses a wide range of skills and experience to solve crimes.Īrthur Conan Doyle Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Speaking of great detective characters, Sherlock Holmes is one that has also done exceedingly well at the box office and on television. Dupin is said to have influenced other fictional detectives like Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, so it’s likely he may provide some inspiration for your own characters. Auguste Dupin, who tries to solve a double murder that may involve an orangutan. “ The Murders in the Rue Morgue”Ĭonsidered to be the first detective story, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” is about a fictional detective, C. This story is widely seen as one of the first science fiction stories and considering it’s about the consequences of a natural disaster – a hurricane and a whirlpool that causes a shipwreck – it may be a timely adaptation as wild weather patterns continue to make headlines. This is a tale about a man in an abusive relationship with a mysterious black cat that deals with themes of insanity and psychological guilt. Here are some of Poe’s stories to consider. All that blood under the bridge is good news for any screenwriter who wants to journey into the land of the macabre. But such is the life of a freelance writer, even one who lived two centuries ago. So many films have been made from Poe’s dark and deliciously morbid stories, that it’s a terrible shame he had to die young and nearly penniless.
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