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A fanfic written as a TV episode or movie script. This format was more often seen in the earlier years of the fandom, while the ''Daria'' show as still being aired. Some very long ''Daria'' [[series]] have been entirely written in script form (see examples below).
 
No commonly agreed-upon format exists for the way in which scriptfics are presented. Some include detailed stage directions, some are structured like actual animated episodes (even having commercial breaks and fake commercials), and some are exceedingly simple and spare in design.
 
[[Tired_Daria_Fandom_Tropes#.22Scriptfic_Good.2C_Prose_Fic_Bad.22|Debate]] exists at times in ''Daria'' fandom over the relative merits of scripts vs. prose. Among the positive aspects oftenfrequently cited isare a tight focus on dialog, and characterizationcharacter development through the spoken word, both of which isare often lacking in prose.
 
==Examples of ''Daria'' Scriptfic Series==
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* [[First Summer]] series, by [[Richard Lobinske]]
* [[The Look-Alike Series]], by [[Canadibrit]]
* [[The Lost Seasons]], by [[C. E. Forman]]
* [[Submariner Series]], by [[Wildgoose]]
* [[Unseen Phenomenon]], by [[Wildgoose]]
 
==External Links==
====Scriptfic vs. Prose Discussion Threads on PPMB====
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25431 A scriptfic discussion] that evolved from a remembrance of early ''Daria'' fanfic formats, on [[PPMB]]
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25431 "Ten Years: Who'd Have Thought...?"] (begun April 2009)
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17140 "Format/Narration"] (begun March 2007)
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=254318124 A"Where scriptficis discussion] that evolved from a remembrance of early ''Daria'' fanfic formats,going?"] on(begun [[PPMB]]April 2005)
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7012 "C.E. Forman's 'A Morgendorffer Scorned' (SPOILERS)"] (begun January 2005)
 
[[Category: Fanwork Conventions]]
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