Anna Todd reveals why After is a dream come true for her

Directed and written by Jenny Gage, and starring Hero Fiennes-Tiffin and Josephine Langford in prominent roles, alongside Selma Blair, Peter Gallagher, Jennifer Beals, Pia Mia, and Inanna Sarkis, After is based on Anna Todd’s 2014 best-selling fiction novel After. The novel had instantly become a publishing sensation as fan fiction on the social storytelling sharing platform Wattpad (an online social storytelling platform where one can read and write for free).

After – a romantic tale of first love and self-discovery – began as fan-fiction online, posted one chapter at a time, almost daily, with the fans weighing in on what author Anna Todd was creating. “The beginning of After was me reading fan fiction,” says author Anna Todd, who is also the producer of the film. “I’ve always loved fan fiction, and I saw on Instagram, where people were writing fan fiction about the band One Direction. I was the only one of my adult friends who liked One Direction’s music. I joined the app Wattpad so I could read it. I had never thought about really writing fan fiction myself.”

She adds, “I thought, I’ll write a chapter to entertain myself. After about three months it really started picking up, and eventually crashed the website. Wattpad reached out to me about publishing it as a novel. The book went to an auction and I got to choose the editor and publishing house that I wanted, which is literally like a writer’s dream come true.”

And now with the hit novel being turned into a movie, it’s just gotten bigger. PVR Pictures has now released this whirlwind romance of Tessa Young and Hardin Scott. Watch After in a PVR cinema near you.