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Q&A Screenplay vs Novel

Imagine it in terms of the types of stories you would tell your friends. If it is a sequence of events go screenplay (had a crazy night last night, this happened then this happened then this happe...

posted 7y ago by user1886419‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T08:13:37Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar user1886419‭ · 2019-12-08T08:13:37Z (about 5 years ago)
Imagine it in terms of the types of stories you would tell your friends.

If it is a sequence of events go screenplay (had a crazy night last night, this happened then this happened then this happened leading to this conclusion - you are bringing someone on a visual journey that you had)

If the story is something more than a visual endeavour, go novel (had a crazy dream last night, felt like this, reminded me of this, smelled this - you are stimulating more than the visual/auditory parts of your brain - this word is used weird, it was like this time in history, what would that be like in the future. You have more brushes to paint your story with then with a screenplay where you are limited to audio and visual cues, in a novel you have all the cues that words can muster)

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-03-06T08:47:22Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 2