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Q&A Screenplay vs Novel

A fantastic book which will explain these differences in far more depth than I can here is : The Playwright's Guidebook (Amazon). Even though you are writing a novel, I believe you'll find the expl...

posted 6y ago by raddevus‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar raddevus‭ · 2019-12-08T08:13:38Z (over 4 years ago)
A fantastic book which will explain these differences in far more depth than I can here is : [The Playwright's Guidebook (Amazon)](http://amzn.to/2xdr1p0). Even though you are writing a novel, I believe you'll find the explanations this book offers invaluable to your writing. Take a look at this overview diagram from that book and note that film is far more visceral and immediate and often built upon spectacle when compared to a novel (prose).

[![novel to screenplay](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PNW3w.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PNW3w.png)

You can see many more details in my answer here at writing SE : [How can a screenplay writer learn to write a novel?](https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/20557/how-can-a-screenplay-writer-learn-to-write-a-novel/30964#30964)

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-03-06T18:25:03Z (about 6 years ago)
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