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Q&A Short Story first or skip to Screenplay

I'm planning to shoot and direct my own short, small budget science fiction movie as a long term project to learn more about movie making. However, I'm at the very start where I need to write a dr...

3 answers  ·  posted 14y ago by GateKiller‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:10:00Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/1294
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar GateKiller‭ · 2019-12-08T01:10:00Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm planning to shoot and direct my own short, small budget science fiction movie as a long term project to learn more about movie making.

However, I'm at the very start where I need to write a draft story for others to provide feedback on and my question is this:

Should I first write a traditional short story and then adapt that into a screenplay or, since this is for a movie, go straight into writing a detailed screenplay?

Thanks

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-02-04T13:07:15Z (almost 14 years ago)
Original score: 4