On Fri, 1 May 1998, Florencio B. de la Merced, Jr. wrote:

From: Jonathan Ng <jonathan@worldy.com>

It's not the substance of the prose itself.  Prose conveys more
meaning than script does, simply because it allows for description,
depth and easier handling of a third person omniscience or stream of
consciousness.  But for some reason I feel that DnR is meant to be
script.  Maybe it's because there aren't enough good Ranma 1/2 scripts

Let's give the author/s a chance to explore into the prose format.  Maybe
they're moving the series towards a more dramatic, emotional theme, rather
than the dialogue driven story flow which perfect for a script format.
Overall, I welcome anyone moving from one format to another...it promotes
flexibility of their writing talents.

Actually, for the latest one, it was cowritten with Richard Lawson, who
would rather be strangled with his own entrails than use Script Format :)
A rather simple reason.

All in all, DnR 25 was good, and Richard Lawson's style definitely
shows in there.  But can you convey Nabiki and Tatewaki's feelings in
script form?  Probably.  Effectively?  Hard, but probably too.

Richard joined the trio?  This I've got to see...let me get my browser....

Trio?  There's four main DNR authors (Me (John Biles), Jeff Hosmer, David
Tai, and Paul Gallegos).

We've also had a pretty good # of guest authors.
 

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