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The article discusses the screenplay of the film "The Jane Austen Book Club," by Robin Swicord based on the novel by Joy Fowler. The story is about six women who formed a book club to discuss Jane Austen's books. Swicord says that in adapting the novel to film, she came up with a single narrative that had a beginning, middle and end in which the characters weave together in a fashion that is classically dramatic. Swicord suggests that in making film adaptations, one has to break free of the source material to incorporate fresh ideas into the film.