Terry McMillan Talks Writing, Living, Loving & Learning

By MsWOO, on September 22nd, 2010

As previously mentioned here, Terry McMillan‘s recently published novel, Getting To Happy, has already been adapted into a screenplay by the author and her sccreenwriting partner, Ron Bass.

This week, as Getting To Happy hits the shops, McMillan has been talking to Donya Blaze in a three part inteview for Media Beat (posted blow). With two previous novels already adapted for to the big screen – Waiting to Exhale (1995) and How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) – and one for TV Disappearing Acts (2000),  McMillan reveals how she was never particularly fond of her female characters in Waiting to Exhale because she thought ere they were a little desperate, how she’s put the ugliness of divorce behind her (and the fact that Stella was not completely autobiogaphical), and advises young writers to concentrate on stories and characters rather than setting money and fame as a main goal. She also gives her view on new technology and urban/street literature among other things. She also gives, in my view, unspoken guidance as to how to graciously do 58 and give good ‘fro while you’re at it!