Book 2 Individual Post

Dear L.J. Smith,
In order to successfully translate your novel series into a TV program, there are three main, important things to keep in mind. 

One of them is clearly a good choice in casting. In the book(s), the characters are so clear and well-developed that it could take weeks of casting in order to find the right actors to fulfill the roles. I also believe that they should match the same physical description they have in the book, I feel like each character's physical appearances plays a big role in their personality as well. Elena, a popular blonde that all the boys love, and Stefan, a dark and mysterious vampire should be kept exactly as they are or else it could possibly interfere with the overall story-line. 

The second thing to keep in mind sort of goes along with character casting, and that's making sure that the emotions from the book translate onto the screen. In the book there is a lot of internal thoughts and monologues that could take a little bit of effort to portray in the TV series, but are very much needed for the plot of the story. All of the characters in the book also externally portray their emotions so well that you need to make sure the actors can do that. In the book, you can just feel Stefan's blank stares and Caroline's big smiles without you even needing to write them down and that kind of effortless passion needs to be conveyed by the actors. 

The final thing to keep in mind while translating the book into a show is all of the special effects. In the book, the readers are able to use their imagination and create their own special effects in their head, thanks to your uses of imagery. So keeping this in mind, in the TV show we have to make sure that all of the special effects will meet the audience's expectations of excellence. It all needs to look super realistic, especially the death-by-vampire scenes and all of the cemetery fight scenes and they should really capture the audience and make them think that it's all real.