Going from Screenplay to Novel.

Hello everyone. My name is Angel Aguilar. I am currently a screenwriting major in my senior year. I recently have been watching Harry Potter and loving it. I have never read the books and dismissed them as a child. I was totally missing out. I've even asked for the books from my sister for Christmas.

Reading novels is something I haven't done in a while. I have a ton of books I started and never finished that I should get back to. As a writer you are told to read constantly. The reason for this post is that I had a great idea for a book series.

I was looking up some books for me to read and I could not find anything that interested me. It was mostly Sci-Fi that didn't catch my attention or romance books aimed at woman. i'm sure I may not be looking hard enough but I was wondering where the fun and whimsical books for men my age are.

I was extremely into Percy Jackson as a kid. And that was the last thing that really seemed to grab me. I want to start the process of making my own book series about these vegan space cats that have to end a war against meat eating murder cats. it's a bit ridiculous but I think it could be a ton of fun. Maybe perfect for young adult men and women into space adventures like Star Wars and Guardians of the Galaxy.

I am just wondering how different writing screenplays is from writing novels. I feel extremely confident in my writing ability as a screenwriter, (Although I have much to learn) but I have never written prose before. How can I get good at that? Also I was looking at Harry Potter and see the books are much longer than screenplays are.

Do these books follow the three act structure like screenplays do? How wrong would I be to plot out my first book like a screenplay? I imagine the series to almost act like films. Each book is a standalone story. And each book adds on to each other leading into the final epic conclusion. If this is a dumb post you can tell me. Thanks for reading and good luck writing!