PFDW #23 Interview with Brannon Braga on Adapting Clive Barker's The Books of Blood

In this episode of Postcards from a Dying World I am excited to
welcome Writer, Producer, and Director Brannon Braga. His first
job in Hollywood was writing for Star Trek the Next Generation
before being the showrunner of Voyager and Enterprise. He also
wrote two films in the Star Trek franchise. A three-time Emmy
nominee Braga is currently working on The Orville and Cosmos.


In this episode, however, we are talking about his first film as
director an adaptation of Clive Barker's classic anthology series
The Books of Blood. The first twenty minutes of the conversation
is about Horror fiction, Clive's influence, and Braga's working
relationship with the master of the Dark Fantastique. Then Braga
and I get into the nuts and bolts of writing this film.


The film The Books of Blood plays in interesting ways with
structure and story Braga has much to teach writers about the
craft of horror storytelling with this film. I am excited that he
gave us some insight into the process. We also nerd out about
Clive Barker deep cuts, the genius of Stephen Graham Jones,
Paperbacks from Hell, and a little bit of Star Trek and The
Orville.


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