David Nicholls Talks Adaptations & Why Entrusting Other Writers With Netflix’s ‘One Day’ Series Was A “Happy And Collaborative” Experience — Storyhouse

And that can sometimes, as a novelist, be quite frightening.

Its been a very happy and collaborative experience.

Its much better that other people tell the story in a fresh way and embrace that.

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Abrahamson commented on how brutal the adaptation process can typically be, comparing it to surgery.