The chilling new drama from Warren Adler, the bestselling author of The War of the Roses, gets to the heart of brainwashing and its power to corrupt and control. A father. A mother. A daughter. A cult. When their twenty-three-year-old daughter goes missing, divorcees Harry and Paulie are forced to leave behind their newly constructed […]
BANG2WRITE Features Warren Adler’s “Top 10 (Normal) Struggles When Writing a Novel” 1) Title dilemmas Like every author on the planet, I’ve spent endless hours mulling over title options for my work. One strives, of course, to be both memorable and honestly descriptive of the content. But then, by and large, a great title is […]
Looking at the long list of writers who have committed suicide, one is tempted to associate the so-called artistic temperament, the agony of creative achievement, with the primary motivation for that final act. The list is long and includes many well-known literary figures like Earnest Hemingway, Richard Brautigan, Louis Adamic, Romain Gary, Sylvia Plath, Arthur […]
Screenwriter and novelist Alex McAulay has been chosen to write a second screenplay for Grey Eagle Productions‘ upcoming production of CULT, based on the novel penned by THE WAR OF THE ROSES author Warren Adler. Alex McAulay is also writing the screenplay for THE WAR OF THE ROSES: THE CHILDREN, the long-awaited sequel to the […]
What ever happened to the children of Mr. and Mrs. Rose? Warren Adler’s ‘The War of The Roses’ leaped onto the public consciousness and has since remained an essential thread in a wider tapestry of divorce iconography. Now, Adler presents us with the chandelier-shattering legacy of Barbara and Jonathan Rose relived in their children Josh […]
We know that marital conflict negatively affects children’s adjustment, and divorce specifically increases risk for children, as the high drama of The War of the Roses – The Children underlines. However, several factors make today’s divorce more humane, where both adults’ and kids’ voices are heard by all….
25 Years After: The Dark Appeal of the Divorce Novel This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the publication of The War of the Roses, by Warren Adler. Long considered a classic novel of divorce and the American zeitgeist, the book was further popularized by a film adaptation and remains in print as well as […]
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