Masterclass
From Book to Screen (And Everything in Between)
15:00 - 16:00 EST • Feb. 2nd, 2026
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📚 Overview
You don’t need a bestseller to start thinking like a professional writer. Every story, article, or idea you create has the potential to go beyond the page — and the earlier you understand that, the more doors you can open.
In this Monday Masterclass, Reedsy Professor Noah Charney speaks with best-selling author and journalist Jonathan Franklin about the real life of a writer. Drawing on his career as an author and expat living in Chile, Franklin will show you how to think about your work as intellectual property, from film rights to serialization, public speaking, and more.
Schedule
15:00 - 16:00 EST
From Book to Screen with best-selling author and journalist Jonathan Franklin
In this hour-long interview, you will learn:
- How a single article or idea can grow into a book
- Practical ways to extend the life of your work beyond book sales
- What it looks like to have your work optioned for film and TV
Following the discussion, join us for a live Q&A with Jonathan, where you can ask your own question to a best-selling author and journalist with over thirty years of industry experience.
Speakers
Jonathan Franklin
Author and Journalist
Jonathan Franklin is an author and journalist, having reported for leading publications, including the New York Times. He is currently a writer at Bloomberg. He is best known for his hugely successful books, including 33 Men: Inside the Miraculous Survival and Dramatic Rescue of the Chilean Miners (2011) and 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea (2015). He has been living as an expat in Chile since 1995.
Noah Charney
Professor of Writing at Reedsy
Dr Noah Charney is the best-selling author of more than 30 books, including a Pulitzer finalist. His latest book is The 12-Hour Author: Everything You Need to Know to Get Published and Become a Successful Writer (Bloomsbury). A professor of art history, he teaches online for the Smithsonian, the National Gallery (UK), and Yale. Noah has ghostwritten and edited books for Reedsy clients, and is Professor of Writing at Reedsy Learning.
