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.

It depends.

Every time I see a serious fic done in script format, I want to scream.
Even if it turns out to be very good, I wonder how much better a prose
version would have been.
   Works containing description and emotion thrive in prose and wither in
script, with rare exceptions.
   On the other hand, comic fics that focus mainly on dialogue and action
do very well using the script format. John Biles' excellent series Putting
Your Heart in the Right Place, and it successor, are good examples of
this. I've written the Varaiyah Cycle and Nameless Sequel in script (plug!
plug!) because the point of those fics this the banter and dialogue.
Description and detailed emotion aren't needed or wanted in a light
comedy.
    This isn't to say that all comedy should be done in script; just the
script is a valid form of fic writing, and not inferior to prose.

- Mike Loader
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