A script is just a blueprint for actors to breathe life into, not the end products, such as in a novel, article or poem. The production is the final step. You write dialogue to be spoken, not read. The dialogue has to fit the characters (rf. `Ticket to Paradise). From a CEO, to a well-to-do lady, to a blue-collar worker. Keep in mind that dialogue is also as much what you don’t say, that is, what you communicate visually (expression, behavior). Fewer words can mean more.
Monday, March 2, 2015
Kirk Bowman (4) Writing Dialogue for a Play
A script is just a blueprint for actors to breathe life into, not the end products, such as in a novel, article or poem. The production is the final step. You write dialogue to be spoken, not read. The dialogue has to fit the characters (rf. `Ticket to Paradise). From a CEO, to a well-to-do lady, to a blue-collar worker. Keep in mind that dialogue is also as much what you don’t say, that is, what you communicate visually (expression, behavior). Fewer words can mean more.
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