polaris@interpac.net (Jon K. Hayashi) wrote:

On the other hand, as a writer, writing prose is a lot more work than
doing a script. 

Writing well in script format is much harder than writing in prose. 

Bingo!  That's been my perception entirely: prose is harder to write, 
script is harder to write *well*.  When I write prose, I go nuts 
trying to come up with a way to describe a trivial sequence so that 
it doesn't sound like a dry stage direction.  When I write script, I 
can just throw off page after page.  But when I write script, I get 
stuck sometimes on how to convey motivation, something that's trivial 
in prose.
 

Writing in script demands more on the end of editing.  Since the object is to 
tell the story the most effectively, every word increases in importance. 

Exactly!  Especially since most of the words are dialogue.  That's 
one of the reasons that I gave the "radioplay" format a try for "Star 
of Jurai": I wanted to see if I could tell a story well with no 
action descriptions whatsoever, with dialogue only.  Never did get 
much feedback...

------RM