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'Breaking Dawn' author Stephenie Meyer discusses her new role as movie producer

'Breaking Dawn' author Stephenie Meyer and her co-screenwriter talk about the next film in the 'Twilight' saga.

Stephenie Meyer has been involved in the adaptation of her Twilight saga books to film from the very beginning. But on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 and 2, she has taken on an even bigger role 鈥� producer.

鈥淲ith the first part of the movie coming out, it doesn鈥檛 feel like an ending yet. It feels like we鈥檙e still going, and I鈥檓 not quite sure how it will be when we get to the end,鈥� Meyer said.

Even though the Twilight saga films are based on Meyer鈥檚 work, Melissa Rosenberg actually wrote the screenplays for all five films. The two worked hand-in-hand to bring Meyer鈥檚 books to the big screen. Meyer even says that there were things Rosenberg added in the scripts that she wished she鈥檇 thought of for her books.

鈥淭o take on these beloved books was quite intimidating. My objective always was that if Stephenie liked it and if Stephenie believed it and approved it 鈥� that鈥檚 my job, because we鈥檙e all just visitors in her universe,鈥� Rosenberg said.

That universe can be expanded in film. The books are written, for the most part, from Bella鈥檚 point of view. But one of the advantages of adapting it to film is the opportunity to include other points of view. For example, heroine Bella Swan might hear about something secondhand in the book, but in the movie, the audience sees it as it happens.

鈥淟ittle by little, each movie, we were able to go a little bit further with that. It鈥檚 really liberating to do that,鈥� Rosenberg said.

Meyer says that working on the films hasn鈥檛 changed her as a writer and storyteller. Instead, she says it鈥檚 given her fodder for it.

鈥淚t鈥檚 all experiences I鈥檝e never had before 鈥� new things and different circumstances. So, I think I鈥檝e grown a lot just from the experience. I鈥檝e jumped a lot of hurdles, but I have a lot of new ones. I like feeling like I鈥檝e grown,鈥� she said.

With all the work she put into The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, her expectations of the film were bound to be high. Did director Bill Condon鈥檚 work live up to them? Absolutely, she says.

鈥淔or me, it was emotional the first time I saw it. You know, you worry. You see good stuff being filmed. You know it鈥檚 there. When a movie makes you forget that, and by halfway through, you鈥檙e just enjoying the movie and thinking, 鈥榃ow; what鈥檚 next,鈥� then you know it鈥檚 really going to be successful. And I think Bill was very successful,鈥� Meyer said.

Krista Richmond blogs at Killer Film.