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nayrt but they said they like it because it reads like a script, which is a valid form of writing

https://archive.org/details/titanic-1997-screenplay-and-treatment/Titanic%20%281997%29%20%5B5-7-1996%5D/mode/2up

sorry if you like prose but there's a reason why scripts and novels are completely different things

Yes, this! I understand you can write prose in present tense, and I do when it's what my thread partner prefers, but the brackets make it feel like a script or a screenplay, which is what I like. No shame on anyone else at all.

yeah, i'm fine with either so i don't have a problem doing prose if that's what my partner prefers. its really weird that some people are so hung up on how prose is the better one and therefore should be the standard.

there's a reason scripts/screenplays/treatments are formatted in that way and brackets is actually pretty close to it.

>there's a reason scripts/screenplays/treatments are formatted in that way and brackets is actually pretty close to it.

except we don't write like scripts. brackets tags and prose tags are exactly the same shit. one just happens to have html around it.

anon did you actually look at the examples linked

script treatments are basically prose with dialogue scenes sprinkled through it

i did, i opened the link and found exactly the opposite of what you just said. it's mostly dialogue with the occasional paragraph to set the scene and a line here and there to indicate important actions. our tags have introspection and silly little movements, like saying that a character is fidgeting or running their hands through their hair.

people have a big misunderstanding of what "prose" means in the context of dwrp. it just means the format, as in all text in the same size and using "". that's it. we don't write like scripts and we don't write like novels either. this was already said in another comment, but this bullshit of novel vs script is what makes people think that asking for prose means you want more "serious" and longer tags.

rp shouldn't feel like script, and it shouldn't feel like a novel or fanfic either. it should feel like rp. not saying you can't get inspiration from scripts and novels since they do have *some* things in common, but rp is its own writing style with its own rules.

anon

did you look at the script or did you look at the treatment because those are very different things

i opened the link someone left a few tags above

*a few comments

i know, i linked it. that's the one that has the script and the script treatment. there's two different pdfs in that link.

Nah man as a brackets tagger I write in brackets because they feel different to write, and I find it much easier to churn out tags in brackets than prose. Part of it is probably because my brain's adapted too much to brackets, but it is what it is. No amount of argument is going to change the fact that I have an easier and more enjoyable time writing in the specific format I'm used to.

I ask to reply in brackets because my prose tags take much slower to draft, often several redrafts before I'm satisfied vs a one and done if it had been brackets. I will switch to prose if asked and I do offer, but there's a reason it's second choice for me and it's more about what works best for me than any philosophy about formats.

your prose tags take longer to draft because you're one of the idiots who thinks prose requires more and can't be short, silly things

there's nothing that one format can do that the other can't. it's literally just visuals. you can do the same writing with both. all your issues are self imposed

why do you care so much if people prefer brackets over prose if its just visuals

i don't care about the preference itself, use whatever you want, i just want to kill this stupid misconception that has been haunting us since LJ

sounds like it's something that's just all in your head anon

Yeah, I guess you might be right!

I'm still going to write in my preferred format because this isn't my job and I'm doing this for fun

my prose tags take longer to draft because i have an easier time reading brackets. i have dyslexia and the different text size for description vs. dialogue makes it much easier for me to parse visually. i have to reread prose tags more often and more slowly to successfully check for errors. otherwise, i write both prose and brackets almost exactly the same.

that said, i normally offer prompts with both and i match style, it's nbd.

that makes no sense. when you're drafting the tag, the text is all in the same size.

dunno about other anon, but i use comment preview very liberally, especially for proofreading.

i also refer to the other person's tag when i'm replying, so the formatting there makes a difference.

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