‘The Rachel Incident’ Writer & Producers Talk Process Of Adapting The Bestselling Novel For TV — Storyhouse

Writer Caroline O’Donoghue and producers Matt Jordan Smith and Chelsea Morgan Hoffman took a break from filming upcoming series The Rachel Incident to lift the lid on how the project came together and the challenges of adapting a book for the small screen. 

Speaking at Dublin’s Storyhouse screenwriting festival in a panel moderated by Morgan Hoffman, O’Donoghue told an audience at the Light House Cinema that failure was a big part of the process of honing your screenwriting craft. 

“My history as a novelist is public because I have the novels there on the shelves,” she said. “My history as a screenwriter is private because it has previously been a failure.” 

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