On Wed, 11 Oct 1995, Andrew Stodden wrote:

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I personally prefer the novel/novella form because you can describe the 
background, actions, etc more thouroughly.  Dialogue is relatively easy 
to generate once you have the idea.  Novel form require much more 
writing and planning.  However, scripts are still good because you can 
leave a lot to the readers imagination and let them extrapolate what you 
mean from what you write.

How odd, I find a novel format leaves more to the imagination than a
script format, where I can include scene descriptions without it looking
odd. I would really love to have the skill to be able to draw what I can
picture in my head, as then I would distibrute the pictures with the
story, but I can't draw worth a damn, so that killed that idea. I also
chose the script format because it is easier to write than a novel, with
clear rules for who is speeking, and when one can describe a scene. Also,
it means I don't have to work up a reason for a character to describe the
scene he/she is in (I've read some novels where a character returns to the
house he has been living in for twenty years and just spontaniously
decides to describe it in his thoughts... that type of thing always
bothered me). Anyway, I'm away until Monday, so anybody with relevant
questions that you want a reply to, hold them until then. 

	It just depends on how its written, no?

RR.