Movies are visual, plot-driven, and move at their own pace. Novels are (by and large) more cerebral and more character-driven, and they can be read at a pace that the reader is comfortable with. Novels can go off on tangents unrelated to the plot and still keep the reader interested. Novels can give the reader time to put the book down and go the bathroom, get some sleep, or look up references that it contains. Sure, you can watch a movie on DVD and pause it when you like, speed it up or slow it down, but the fact remains that the movie obviously wasn't meant to be experienced that way. Bo...
More..Michael Cohn
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