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Archive for the ‘Dialogue’ Category

  • Are you IC7 or maybe an angler?

    07 Dec 2021

    ARE YOU IC7 OR AN ANGLER? So you come across a police cordon on your way from the tube station.…

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  • Wants and Needs in writing

    06 Sep 2018

    Wants and Needs in Writing A few weeks ago I wrote about my GOATS method for writing fiction and screenplays.…

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  • The GOATS method for writing and editing

    10 Aug 2018

    How to write powerful stories using the GOATS method. Great stories possess great power. Whether fiction, movies, TV or theatre,…

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  • The challenge of finding subtext in interrogations

    09 Feb 2018

    Unusual dialogue: subtext in interrogations: I’ve written a number of articles on dialogue and subtext but this week playwright Sarah…

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  • Want screenplay dialogue with sizzle – cut the ping-pong!

    12 Nov 2014

    Why does some screenplay dialogue sizzle while other lines end up like cold toast? Here’s one tip I picked up…

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  • Seven ways of writing dialogue that stands out from the crowd

    19 Apr 2014

    I received an email this week from a novelist who wanted to learn more about becoming a screenwriter and in…

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  • 9 steps to writing dialogue with rich subtext

    16 May 2013

    9 ways to get your subtext muscle working for readable, rich dialogue

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  • Why do we call them Screen – Plays?

    03 Jun 2011

    Want your script to stand out from the crowd? Want it to be read from cover to cover and passed…

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  • A Clever, Sneaky Way To Hide Exposition

    26 May 2011

    The ability to handle exposition really sorts the professionals from the wannabes, and I'm going to share one of my top exposition techniques with you here.

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  • Deep Language – Free Tip

    12 Jun 2010

    In screenwriting we don't talk much about language. Yet, once these have been sorted, what do we have to work with other than words? We need to understand how language works at its deepest levels - for it is these that profoundly affect the way we hear and understand - these deep structures can either create the strongest emotional effects... or ruin them!

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