Breakfast at Tiffany's (film) loosely based on the novella by Truman Capote. Changes were made to fit the medium of cinema and to correspond to the filmmakers' vision. Capote, who sold the film rights of his novella to Paramount Studios, wanted Marilyn Monroe to play Holly Golightly, whom he had described perfectly in the book. Barry Paris cites Capote's own comments on the choice of actress: "Marilyn was always my first choice to play the girl, Holly Golightly." Screenwriter Axelrod was hired to "tailor the screenplay for Monroe". When Lee Strasberg advised Monroe that playing a "lady of the evening" would be bad for
Steven Novella district court's opinion. Novella, along with some friends, owned a local live action role-playing (LARP) game for about 5 years. It was during this time that they wrote seven d20 books. Novella has coauthored several adventure gaming books including "Twin Crowns", a naval and travel expansion for "Dungeons & Dragons" and "Broadsides!", a role-playing game (RPG) based on the d20 system. Novella also coauthored "Spellbound: A Codex of Ritual Magic", which features "a complete system of magic suitable for any campaign setting" using the d20 system. Novella often writes and speaks about a variety of topics in areas of alternative