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to novelize

to novelize

1 7.9
To write a book based on a film or TV show
  • verb
  • /ˈnɑːvəlˌaɪz/
  • US
translation icon : novelizar
  • After the success of the documentary, the author decided to novelize the story to reach a wider audience.
  • novelized version

Examples

  • And I retained literary rights (I'm novelizing it into a YA book right now).

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  • So, in a way, I already am novelizing Easy Money.

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  • If you prefer a more direct, novelized version, those are available too.

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  • As some of you may know, I was going to novelize Easy Money, but that changed when I got the offer to change it into a comic book.

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  • In the process of writing the scripts for the issues, I've been able to implement the ideas I had for novelizing the story.

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  • In a series where at least one movie (The Spy Who Loved Me) was so different from the story whose title it was based on that they had one of the scriptwriters novelize the movie script for the tie-in, that's saying something!

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  • She is currently novelizing her experiences into a fictional story that reflects her journey.

  • The filmmaker is novelizing the true events of his life into a captivating novel for young adults.

Surface Forms

novelize infinitive
novelized past
novelized past participle
novelizing present participle
novelizes third person singular

Morphology

novelize = novel (transparent) = novel + ize

The verb is formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' to 'novel', giving the clear meaning 'to make into a novel'.

Etymology

The word novelize comes from novel, which means a long fictional book, and the ending -ize, meaning 'to make', so to novelize is to 'make' a story, film, or event into the form or style of a novel.