On 1/6/99 at 4:35 PM, Richard Lawson <sterman@uswest.net> wrote:

From: Jamie and Bridget Wilde <wildeman@psn.net>
Date: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 2:17 PM

Not sure that I'd agree with the "inherently inferior" part.  AS
IT IS USUALLY SEEN IN FANFICTION, yes, I'd agree that
the _results_ tend to be less satisfactory.  But script format
can be very rewarding when it is written AS A SCRIPT, not
as a shortcut.

I disagree a little.  Script format assumes a visual medium to flesh out
what the script leaves blank.  Without said visual medium, there's an
essential portion missing.

As I said privately, Richard -- an endless number of *literature* classes,
from grade school through university, manage to do just fine discussing
any number of plays *as literature*, with no reference to actual
performances. Funny, that. :)


Travis Butler
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