Imagine being an #Author and expecting a #Movie to reproduce the story you thought up and wrote. It doesn't happen.

#RobertBParker joyfully cried at the #TomSelleck #JesseStone movies, but #Selleck's version of the character was much older than Parker wrote, adapted to Selleck's age. Also important to note, Parker didn't write the Jesse Stone screenplays, having learned screenwriting wasn't his strong suit.