Screenwriters are often tasked to adapt the original work and make it appealing for a new audience, while still keeping true to the original story. The most common form of adaptation is when an author or filmmaker writes a screenplay based on another person’s novel or short story. This can be a difficult process because they must use their own creativity to turn an existing story into something new and fresh, while still staying true to the original storyline. These people create adaptations of books or other pieces of literature, plays, documentaries, and more to be translated into visual media.
