In this episode of Screenplay to Novel, Mark and Tom reflect on what it's really like to go through the entire screenplay-to-novel process and come out the other side with a published book—as Mark just did with his new novel, Hit Escape.

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"Hit Escape" is a time-bending novel about memory, consequence, and the fragile line between who we were and who we are. Both intimate and speculative, it explores regret, second chances, and the day that refuses to stay in the past.

In this episode of Screenplay to Novel, Mark and Tom talk about the finishing stages that come after conversion—the merging pass, paragraph shaping, and the final cleanup and polish that make a screenplay read like a real novel.

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"Hit Escape" is a time-bending novel about memory, consequence, and the fragile line between who we were and who we are. Both intimate and speculative, it explores regret, second chances, and the day that refuses to stay in the past.

On this episode of Screenplay to Novel, Mark and Tom talk about the Expansion Pass, the step where a story built from a script starts to deepen — adding emotion, perspective, and meaning beyond what can be shown on the screen.

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On this episode of Screenplay to Novel, Mark and Tom dig into the Layering Pass—the moment when a converted screenplay finally starts to breathe. They discuss how small details, reactions, and character perspective turn flat prose into something alive, and why this step is where the book truly begins to feel like a novel.

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On this episode of Screenplay to Novel, Mark and Tom explain the first step in taking a film script and beginning to turn it into novel prose.

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