novelization
Movie becomes book
A novelization is a novel adapted from a work in another medium—typically a film or television series.
Unlike novel adaptations that move from page to screen, novelizations reverse the process: The novelization of the movie came out the same week as the theatrical release.
They're often published as tie-in merchandise, expanding scenes or adding character depth unavailable in the original format.
Unversified language
- chaptersMain divisions of text
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
scenes · backstory · subplots · world-building · exposition · characterization · perspective · pacing
Film's written blueprint
- scriptWritten words for performance
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- tie-inCommercial partnership between properties
rights · adaptation · author · ghostwriter · commission · deadline · publisher · media
Book with flexible cover
- mass-marketFor widespread commercial sale
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
- imprintMark from applied pressure
- pulpSoft wet mass
series · sequel · prequel · ghostwritten · work-for-hire · royalties
Character's past narrative
- detailingDescribing thoroughly, point-by-point
- elaborationDevelopment through detail
- supplementaryServing to complete
- interiorityQuality of inner life
motivation · subtext · foreshadowing · enrichment · depth · padding · embellishment
prose
Unversified language
- chaptersMain divisions of text
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
dialogue · scenes · backstory · subplots · world-building · exposition · characterization · perspective · pacing · setting
screenplay
Film's written blueprint
- scriptWritten words for performance
- licenseFormal grant of permission
- franchiseLicensed business operation
tie-in · rights · adaptation · author · ghostwriter · commission · deadline · publisher · media · property
paperback
Book with flexible cover
- mass-marketFor widespread commercial sale
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
- imprintMark from applied pressure
pulp · series · sequel · prequel · ghostwritten · work-for-hire · royalties
backstory
Character's past narrative
- detailingDescribing thoroughly, point-by-point
- elaborationDevelopment through detail
- supplementaryServing to complete
interiority · motivation · subtext · foreshadowing · enrichment · depth · padding · embellishment
- versionsversion, edition, variant, variation, revision
- adaptation termsrewriting, editing, condensing, expanding, abridgment
- adaptationsfilm adaptation, film adaptations, movie adaptation, TV adaptation, TV adaptations
- book adaptationsmovie tie-in, screenplay adaptation
- creative libertiesartistic license, poetic license, liberties, creative liberties, fictionalization
- media tie-insspinoff, spin-off, prequel, film adaptations, sequel
novelizationfilm adaptation
Movie from prior source
screen adaptation · movie adaptation · screenplay · adaptation · theatrical adaptation
- movie novelizationsBooks adapted from screenplays