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Posts Tagged with ‘dialogue’

  • Finnish humour. Review of Palm Beach Finland by Antti Tuomainen

    14 Aug 2019

    Review of Palm Beach Finland Last year, I sat with the Finnish novelist Antti Tuomainen on a panel for the…

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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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  • 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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  • If you want to write for cinema, learn to multi-task

    13 Aug 2013

    TO WRITE FOR CINEMA, MULTI-TASK Everything in a well-constructed cinema script carries out two, three or even more tasks. There’s…

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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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  • The Detective Trap

    07 Dec 2011

    When I started writing crime and police scripts and novels I received great feedback. They were well written, strongly structured, highly visual. But there was a problem. Once I solved that problem...

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  • How to become a better writer? You may be surprised by the answer.

    21 Jun 2011

    They all say practice makes perfect. But does it help you become a better screenwriter? Maybe it doesn't help as much as everyone thinks. Or maybe there's another issue here that you need to address if you are going to succeed in movies or TV.

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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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  • Write as a Professional

    17 May 2011

    I'm busy planning the Euroscript Professional Screenwriting Mini-Summer School (June 24-26), which is devoted to helping TV and cinema screenwriters develop their skills to a higher professional level  - and I've been asking myself: what is it that makes the difference between a professional script and one that isn't?

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