Category: Voice

On Language in Scripts – Scenes and Narrative (Part 2)

December 8, 2016

On the first page… From the very first moment, you – the writer — are responsible for what will appear in the frame of the picture of your film and in the imagination of your reader. Starting right after the words “Fade In,” you begin to create a world in which your story exists.  From … More On Language in Scripts – Scenes and Narrative (Part 2)

On Language in Scripts – Scenes and Narrative

December 6, 2016

Dialogue and description.   Dialogue and description are the two functions the words in your script serve.  How you choose to describe a scene and what you have your characters say are where your reader lives.  They are the two elements that define the experience of your screenplay for the reader. Writing dialogue and description … More On Language in Scripts – Scenes and Narrative