@xxxddd: I have always favored stories in novel form (I've written both. not here mind you, but I've written both stories and written a play once). It really depends on what you are more comfortable in writing.
I'd definitely pick stories in novel format if I was the one writing. When you write in novel format you have dialogue and description to your reader in picturing the scene. However, if I maybe honest I think when you -- and I using a general use of the word "you" rather than you personally -- write a script, some of that insight into the scene and the characters is slightly lost because a script is only part of a final product. It's not complete. It needs something more than just dialogue and, if we're lucky, some action details. I don't mean for it to sound like I believe all scripts are incomplete (There are some wonderful scripts out there I'm sure), but most I think need to be taken a step further than just dialogue: maybe acting or, equally good, illustration like for comics.
Of course, that is my interpretation of the question "Do you prefer to write scripts or novels?" Which is better to write? Well, that depends on the writer. It might be easier for you write scripts and you might add details and more actions so the reader can actually picture what's happening...but again, that is my take on this...
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