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227 | Oscar-Nominated Writer Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich, Unbelievable): “Know The Difference Between Truth and Facts”

By The Screenwriting Life

11:13 AM EST on December 19, 2024

Many of Susannah Grant's movies are based on true stories, which, for a writer, often invites thorny questions about adaptation — What should I include? Is it essential that every detail I include happened verbatim? In answering these questions during today’s fascinating conversation, Susannah sheds light on an important reality: sometimes in fiction writing, there’s profound difference between truth and facts.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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