Milking the Pro's - Part 1

Nationally acclaimed writer Gary K. Wolf is the creator of Roger Rabbit. He authored the cult classic novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, inspiration for the multiple-Academy-Award-winning film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Visit him at www.garywolf.com.

JF: What's the hardest thing about adapting a novel for motion picture animation?

GKW: Working with the doofuses who come to the movie business from outside the creative field and don't understand animation. That's one of the reasons why early Disney and current Pixar movies are so good and so successful. The people doing them understand the process, know its advantages and its limitations.

JF: What's the biggest perk?

GKW: Having craft services give you all the lattes you can drink. Free!

JF: Why did you choose to write a novel about something as implicitly "childish" as toons?

GKW: I don't think toons are childish. They convey very adult messages. They just do it in very simple ways.

JF: How do I get a novel picked up by an animation studio?

GKW: Write the novel, pray.