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Derby Girl by Shauna Cross5/29/2023 ![]() I fell off screenwriting and accidentally wrote a novel and the novel really pushed the screenwriting through. I was more of a frustrated screenwriter who went ass-backwards, basically. Shauna Cross: My whole thing is I became an accidental novelist. I was curious of how the process of doing both the book and the movie went for you? It's interesting because you hear about people like John Irving with The Cider House Rules, it took him like 13 years to write the screenplay. The pitch sold so I ended up writing the book and the movie sort of simultaneously. ![]() The book sold pretty quickly and the movie sold immediately following that. I wasn't sure it was going to be a movie or whatever so I just wrote the book for fun. I just started this as a lark to write a book, just because I kind of had to get it off my chest. ![]() I started as a screenwriter, writing things here and there in Austin but nothing had been made yet. I read that you were basically shopping both the book and the movie around at the same time. There's also a great documentary about the revival of the sport, and I wanted more of just one girl's personal story versus a whole documentary that had already been done. ![]() I always think its fun to be able to shade and tweak things to your point of view. Shauna Cross: Probably because my own, complete, documentary experiences would be a little more boring. I was curious why you didn't go the non-fiction route with the book instead of doing this fictional novel? Your book Derby Girl is based off your experiences in roller derby. ![]()
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