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Writing The Same Story In Multiple Formats - Anita Waggoner

WHY WRITING THE SAME STORY IN MULTIPLE FORMATS IS A POWER MOVE

Anita Waggoner

CEO & Executive Producer | Award-Winning Author | Creator Modern-Day Western Inspired Novels, Screenplays, Documentaries, and Television Series- inspired by True Events | Founder, Freedom Movie Productions

January 18, 2026

Why writing the same story in multiple formats is a power move.

For years, screenwriters were told to pick one lane... feature, TV, or documentary, and stay there. Developing Freedom taught me something different.

What began as a feature script based on my true story has evolved into a feature film, an award-winning documentary script, and a television series now in development. Not because the story was unfocused, but because it was strong enough to live in more than one form.

My path as a writer has never been confined to one medium. I began as an author, writing books drawn from lived experience, then adapted those stories into screenplays and documentaries. Each format taught me something different about character, truth, pacing, and audience, and each strengthened the others. The move into television wasn’t a departure from that journey; it was a natural extension of it.

A strong story doesn’t change with format. It deepens. Producers don’t just ask, “Is this a good script?” anymore. They ask, “What else can this be?”

Adaptable IP lowers risk, widens audience reach, and allows a project to move forward even when one format hits a pause. In today’s shifting market, flexibility isn’t a compromise, it’s leverage.

Freedom lives in multiple formats, but its truth remains unchanged. Feature. Series. Documentary. Faith-based. Different lenses. Same truth.

I believe the screenwriting industry is evolving. And the writers who evolve with it will be the ones still standing.



 
 
 

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