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A very important lesson I've learned about writing books is that you need to stop thinking of it like the script of a movie with a bit of extra description.
A script is important but a lot of what makes the story work is added by other elements. On its own a script can be interesting but it's not a full story. It lacks sensory details, emotion, timing, and all the other little bits that come together to make a narrative really compelling.
Your book is not a script. There are no actors or cinematographers who will frame this dialogue with the emotion you want from it, that's YOUR job. Prose is essential because it's basically doing what would be the jobs of dozens of people in another medium. It's setting the scene, conveying emotion, pacing the action and dialogue, giving glimpses inside of a character's head and providing key context. The dialogue loses its meaning without the prose!
Did you know: script writing can also be a person's hobby. You can choose those EXT., NIGHT setting descriptions and get right to the dialogue. It's a perfectly cromulent art form.
But: the rest of the story is meant to be brought to life by those dozens of other people. A script is part of a larger, more interactive story. Bakers may stare at a written cake recipe and feel their mouths water, but most people won't.
