Speaker Event: From Screen to Page: The Art of Transforming The Bridge

In this educational presentation, author and screenwriter Ashley N. Hudson will explore the fundamental differences between writing for the screen and writing for the page. Using her original screenplay of The Bridge alongside its novel adaptation, she will walk through the creative, structural, and emotional shifts required when transforming a story from a visual medium into literary form.

Participants will gain insight into how dialogue, pacing, character development, internal thought, and symbolism function differently in screenwriting versus novel writing. Through specific comparisons between the screenplay and the novel, she will demonstrate how scenes were reshaped, expanded, or reimagined in order to fully inhabit the interior world of the protagonist.

This presentation offers a behind the scenes look at adaptation in reverse: from screenplay to novel, and invites conversation about craft, process, and the choices that shape how a story is experienced.