Sex, Suicide, And Conspiracies: How To Make Hit Films About Writers

“Unlike with biopics about athletes, musicians, and artist, there’s no visual appeal to a writer’s craft. So you tend to end up with embellishments, falsifications, and gimmicks … The struggle to pen a classic novel may play a role in these films, but often it’s secondary to the role played by juicy romantic plot lines. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.”