Outlander's Diana Gabaldon admits she gets paid more to write books than show scripts

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Outlander author Diana Gabaldon has confessed that she earns more bang for her buck from writing her novels than she does on penning scripts for the show.

The 71-year-old, who wrote the iconic books back in 1991 which inspired the hit STARZ show, took to her Twitter page on to respond to one fan who made the observation that she would be getting paid "handsomely" for her involvement in the script writing of season seven of the show.

Diana in fact said she was "way too busy" to have written the entire script for season seven of the historical romance drama.

When asked by fans of her involvement, she tweeted: "I wrote the script for Ep. 714. Consulted on all the rest."This prompted another fan to speculate that despite her lack of involvement in the most recent series, she would still be getting paid a pretty penny."I'm sure you're being paid handsomely," they chimed, to which Diana responded: "Not nearly as much as I get paid for writing books, but every little bit helps..."Diana is known often for engaging with her fans on social media, particularly on Twitter, and her followers made it no secret how appreciative they were for it.One wrote: "You are so kind to answer questions from us adoring fans," and the author responded: "It's my pleasure, believe me!