Book, Script, or Both?

Skip Press, in his article on the WritersWrite website, says: I always advise writers, if they are capable and have a strong enough story, to write a book first and then the screenplay. My logic is simple: (1) your odds of selling a book, figuring number of books written to books published, contrasted against screenplays written to screenplays purchased, is a no­brainer; (2) if your book is published and then sold to Hollywood you'll make money several ways‹(a) book sale, (b) book rights sale, (c) first draft of screenplay (most production companies will let you write it if you ask); and (3) book authors get more respect, period, and particularly in Hollywood. READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE