Translation guide
Expressing the process of adapting a story, event, or idea into a novel form.
To describe the act of turning a real event, story, or other work into a novel.
The most direct and common way to say 'to turn into a novel' or 'to novelize'. Used for adapting true stories, films, etc.
That incident was turned into a novel.
A more general phrase meaning 'to make into a novel'. Slightly less formal than 小説化する.
Loanword from English 'novelize'. Often used for commercial novelizations of movies or games.
The movie was novelized.
To describe something naturally becoming a novel, or the process of turning into a novel by itself.
Intransitive version meaning 'to become a novel'. Used when the subject itself transforms into a novel.
I turned his life into a novel.
His diary turned into a novel.
Passive form of 小説化する, often used when the agent is not important.
This story is going to be turned into a novel.