One way to come up with an idea for a screenplay is take a classic story that’s proven to be relevant over time and retell it in current day.

Why choose to adapt a literary classic instead of creating your own original screenplay? There are many reasons;

Films based on the classics, (including Shakespear, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Bram Stoker, Lewis Caroll, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Wells) are generally considered to...