On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, Nicholas Leifker wrote:

On Sat, 14 Dec 1996, Numbski wrote:

I was simply curious as to which writing style people prefer around here,
script style, or novel?  I've seen both done EXTREMELY well.

Personally, I find script format to be extremely limiting in its 
storytelling ability.

I, on the other hand, find it to be quite liberating.  

This derives from the fact that it minimizes descriptions, which I stink 
at.  

I tend to prefer script format for comedy and prose format for more 
dramatic materials (Though this is not a universal law :)).  

Script format also works best when you're dealing with "stock" sets and 
characters, where you can assume the reader already knows what everything 
looks like.  

John Walter Biles :  MA-History, Ph.D Wannabe at U. Kansas         
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