Keep pulling the thread on Teddy Wayne.
Teddy Wayne's novel "The Winner" has been optioned by Sony for a film adaptation starring Tom Holland.
According to Teddy Wayne, the profession of being a full-time novelist was more common in American life from the 1920s until about 2010.
Teddy Wayne states the publishing industry has contracted greatly, making it much harder to make a living as a novelist, particularly for literary fiction authors.
Teddy Wayne's initial strategy for his new book "The Au Pair" was to write a 30-40 page short story to sell to Hollywood for intellectual property rights.
Teddy Wayne asserts that the proliferation of smartphones and digital devices is leading to the erosion of the writing industry.
The film and streaming rights for Teddy Wayne's new novel "The Au Pair" have been sold to a production company known for producing the show "Severance."
Teddy Wayne believes that increased time spent on smartphones is the primary reason for the decline in reading books compared to previous eras.