Redemption

by Patricia Burroughs

REDEMPTION is hands down the best love story I have ever read... with surprises that keep on coming. ~Melanie Mayron, Actress, Director, Writer THIS IS A SCRIPT, NOT A NOVEL. In 2001 Patricia Burroughs was awarded a prestigious “Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting” by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles. The script, “Redemption,” is an adaptation of her first published novel, La Desperada, previously titled What Wild Ecstasy. By making this script available as a supplement to her book, Adapting Your Novel Into an Award-Winning Script (And Why You Don’t Want To, A Cautionary Tale) she allows its use for educational purposes only. No other rights are granted with the purchase of this script. "I have written a book for others like me who dreamed of seeing their novels on the silver screen, Adapting Your Novel Into an Award-Winning Script (And Why You Don’t Want To, A Cautionary Tale) which heavily references this script and the source novel. So for those who want to really dig in and compare the two, here is the script you’ve been asking for to go with the novel, which has been available for several years." The formatting in this script simulates an industry script, but the margins and layout are not exactly the same, nor do screenwriters use double-sided pages. These choices were made to keep the production costs as low as possible.

118 pages, Paperback

First published September 4, 2013

About the author

I love to check out your [yes, your] ratings and comments about the books I love, the books I hate, the books I am not sure I want to read and am trying to decide, and books I'm not sure that I've read before and am skimming your comments to see if they shake a memory loose. But the best is when I can wallow in your love for the books I love and your annoyance for the books that annoy me. Best ever.

I avoid spoilers of any kind so a lot of times I read the first sentence you wrote, think "oh yeah, that is something I want to investigate and/or read!!!" and don't read another word you wrote because I don't want to know the details.

As for me, the analysis and time it takes for me to come up with a real review is beyond calculation. My brain doesn't work that way. I have weird learning disabilities that make it hard to think that way and do that kind of writing while, on the other hand, I love writing fiction and that's my work so yeah, don't spend time writing reviews.

So when I write my thoughts down about a book they are totally subjective and often more about my experience of reading the book than the book itself. I don't want to write spoilers and so I keep my comments broad most of the time.

But I love Goodreads because it's a great big book club where we can all find like-minded readers who enjoy what we enjoy and whose recommendations send us off the new discoveries. So that's why I'm here!

And now, the official bio:

Award-winning screenwriter and bestselling novelist Patricia Burroughs—Pooks—began her writing career in romance with five published novels. She received nominations and recognition from RT Reviews and was a Finalist for Romance Writers of America's RITA.

For a time, Pooks was lured away from her novels to pursue a career in screenwriting, where her story-telling gift again won her recognition in the form of a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

However, one day she woke up with a new story rooting itself into her heart, a story that couldn't be told in a script but needed many more pages to spread out, flex its muscles and take wing. She returned to novels to write the epic fantasy trilogy that begins with This Crumbling Pageant.


Pooks loves dogs, books, movies, and football. A lifelong Anglophile, she treasures her frequent travels in the British Isles doing research for The Fury Triad. She and her high school sweetheart husband are living happily ever after in their hometown of Dallas, Texas.

~oOo~

Find out more about The Fury Triad, Patricia's new fantasy trilogy, at http://furytriad.com.

Want to join Team Fury and help promote these books while getting insider info and extras? Drop Patricia a line at planetpooks at gmail dot com and see if there is space in the group!