Literary Scout Philippa Donovan Launches Two Script Studio for Screen-to-Book Adaptations

Literary scout Philippa Donovan has opened Two Script Studio to turn screenplays into novels at an early stage of development. The new business will create reverse adaptations that allow producers and screenwriters to develop book rights from scripts.

Those rights can then be pitched to literary agents and publishers to build an audience or serve as underlying intellectual property for film or television projects.

Donovan will also help writers rework dormant scripts for publishers. She is offering mentoring that uses a pitch deck or script for narrative structure. Two Script is named to represent the idea that one story becomes two scripts at the earliest possible stage. , and Australia.

Donovan has scouted books for Red Arrow Studios, Dynamic Television, Vertigo Films, Jungle Entertainment Australia, ITV America's Circle of Confusion, Fremantle Australia, and Escape Artists/Amazon MGM Studios. She has run her own business, Smart Quill, since 2011 after a 15-year career as a literary agent, scout, and commissioning editor.

"Two Script draws on my decades of experience in literary scouting, structural editing and introducing authors to agents," Donovan told Deadline. A. in 2014, I actually planned to facilitate a publishing trajectory for screenwriters, but life got in the way, so I am overjoyed to return to this original vision," said Donovan.

Deadline understands Two Script is in early stage discussions with publishers to establish a pipeline for any novels that come from producer deals.