: Re: Should I be a Novel Writer or a Screenwriter? Should I be a Novel Writer or a Screenwriter? This question is intended for the beginning writer, who is unsure if he should start with writing

The biggest difference is that a novel is (typically) a solo production. A screenplay is inevitably a collaboration (towards the final movie). Everything in a novel needs to be on the page. Everything in a screenplay is going to be realized and reinterpreted by actors, director, etc.

As part of this, if you write a novel, who have a novel, it's still a novel, even if it is never published. But a screenplay is only a movie if someone makes it into a movie.

From a technical standpoint, I'd say that for a screenplay, you need to excel at plot and dialog, but for a novel you need to also be great at description. A screenplay is also much shorter, so you need to be able to compress your storytelling for a screenplay, expand it for a novel.

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