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Two Authors Win Support Before the Adaptation Meeting Begins
· New York time
Taiwanese intellectual property company Mirror Fiction awarded more than $50,000 in cash prizes to two authors to help them publish their works and adapt them for the screen. The awards were announced at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest and are in their fifth biennial edition. The prizes connect two stages of a creative business that are often discussed separately: getting a written work into print and developing it for film or television. The money supports the authors' work, but an award for adaptation does not mean a finished series or movie has already been produced. Mirror Fiction's focus on intellectual property makes the combination a natural one. A story can begin on the page and eventually take another form, with different creative and commercial decisions along the way. The prize gives the authors assistance at the start of that path. A literary award usually asks a book to stand on its own. This one also gives it a polite introduction to a camera. First the authors can publish; then the stories can see whether they enjoy meetings about screen rights.
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