13 Feb
2001
13 Feb
'01
12:54 p.m.
In a message dated 2/13/01 11:49:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, ijc@bas.ac.uk writes:
<< This is because a book is like a cake and a script is like a recipe for a cake. A script which actually contained all the worked-out detail of a finished artistic product would look hellishly overwritten, with nothing for the director or performers to do. >>
Exactly! That was my point. You can't write a short story or a novel the same way that a script is written. You can attempt to make the story "visual," in a sense, but if you try to duplicate a script, you're going to end up with a badly written piece of fiction.
Annie