Over the years, many authors have written extraordinary books, novels, and even short stories. These works of art were taken by producers, directors and other great people and were turned into amazing feature films that won numerous awards and brought the books to life. There are pros and cons to writing a book as well as creating a film based on another author's book. The author can be very protective of their work and this can make it difficult for a director to create a screenplay. You also have to think about pleasing all the fans of the original book. This creates many obstacles to overcome. To understand the process it is necessary to know what happens between the writing of the novel and the final result of its adaptation on the big screen. Turning a novel into a screenplay is so difficult because a director has to take a work that can be up to 500 or 600 pages and turn it into a film that can be seen in less than two hours. a film about a novel, there must be a novel to begin with. Writing a book can be a time-consuming process. There are many steps and processes involved in even thinking about writing a novel. Many people try to write books, but most don't know any of the steps. (Wilson Online) Many people carry a journal with them in which to write down a story idea. This allows them to write down any ideas that might come to them while they are out and about on any given day. The first thing that comes to an author's mind is a list of characters. You have to develop your characters. You can determine the characteristics by setting. This can be easy or difficult depending on how the author himself does it. If the characters have too many traits, then the author may tend to go back (... middle of the paper... even their characters can handle all the problems, the author needs to give them more. The author must use a strategy known as tension. This is when the audience knows something, but the character has not yet understood this sense of tension, it can come in different forms: “There doesn't have to be an intense or explosive situation every time, but there has to be a conflict and the conflict is always—always—about the same thing, every time: goal and opposition. Who wants what and who or what is in the way. Remember this concept and you will never go wrong: the character wants something and can't have it.” Arch 119.8). ) This helps the character seem more realistic and increases the overall interest level of the story. If the work is boring to the author while writing it, the work is most likely doomed to fail.