novelize

/'nɔvəlaiz/ Cách viết khác : (novelise) /'nɔvəlaiz/

Thân thiện

The author decided to novelize the true story of the expedition.

Definition

Verb: 1. To convert (a story, event, or other work) into the form or style of a novel: This means to adapt a true story, a film, a play, or another source material into a full-length novel.

Usage

The verb "novelize" is used when describing the process of creating a novel from a different source. It is often used in the context of adapting films, historical accounts, or biographies into fictionalized book form. The subject is typically the writer or author.

Examples

• The screenwriter decided to novelize her popular film script.
• Many historical events have been novelized to make them more accessible to general readers.
• He was hired to novelize the series of television episodes.

Advanced Usage

• "To be novelized": This passive form is common when the focus is on the source material being adapted.
  • The acclaimed movie was later novelized and became a bestseller.
• The process or result can be referred to as "novelization" (noun).
  • The novelization of the video game added much more character background.

Variants and Related Words

• Novelise: (verb) The British English spelling variant of "novelize".
• Novelization (noun): The act of novelizing, or the resulting novel.
  • The novelization was published shortly after the film's release.
• Adapt (verb): A more general synonym for converting a work from one form to another.

Synonyms

• Adapt (into a novel)
• Fictionalize (especially when adding fictional elements to real events)

Related Phrases

• Film novelization: A specific term for a novel that is adapted from a movie's screenplay.
  • She collects film novelizations from the 1980s.

Học thuật

Verb

1. convert into the form or the style of a novel
   • The author novelized the historical event

Từ đồng nghĩa

• novelise
• fictionalize
• fictionalise