It became about the real life Wills and Stellas. My inspiration started with the screenplay and grew to so much more than that over the course of that afternoon and the coming weeks and months. cepacia and medical statistics for the disease. When I finished, my computer screen was filled with tabs about Cystic Fibrosis and B. I poured over the words, finishing it over the course of an afternoon, the story of Will and Stella leaving me filled with a myriad of emotions, from anger to joy to sadness to longing. From the screenplay itself, written by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis, to Claire Wineland’s incredible contributions and spirit, to Justin Baldoni’s work as the director of the movie, to my physical writing of it, all of it had this innate desire to raise awareness about Cystic Fibrosis at the very core.įor me, everything started the day I got the screenplay for Five Feet Apart. To put it simply, this book is the product of the hard work of many, many people. Rachael Lippincott’s Connection to Five Feet Apart It’s so nice to get a little background on it, and what inspired its creation before the movie, starring Cole Sprouse and Haley Lu Richardson, hits theaters on March 20, 2019. I have a bit of a personal connection to this story, as someone I care about has cystic fibrosis.

I’m pleased to kick off the official Five Feet Apart blog tour with this lovely guest post by author, Rachael Lippincott! I didn’t know that this story was a screenplay before a book, and that a movie is currently in production.

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