You Talkin' to Me?: How to Write Great Dialogue - Couverture souple

Seger, Linda; Rainey, John Winston

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1615933131 ISBN 13 : 9781615933136

Editeur : Michael Wiese Productions, 2020

Synopsis

"There are many challenges and pitfalls to writing great dialogue. Many inexperienced writers create wooden dialogue, on-the-nose dialogue, awkward expositional dialogue, dialogue that cannot be easily spoken, or same-sounding dialogue that fails to differentiate characters. In this book, each chapter will look at a different issue, will analyze the issue, and give examples of great dialogue from films and novels. Also, we will use dialogue from adaptations so the book will be helpful to both novelists and screenwriters. Each chapter will end with examples of poor dialogue that will be annotated by Linda and then re-written by John. We will cover the many issues that confront writers when writing any kind of story, whether fiction or non-fiction"--

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Linda Seger created and defined the career of script consultant in 1981. She is the most prolific author in the area of screenwriting. Two of her nine screenwriting books, Making a Good Script Great, and Creating Unforgettable Characters remain staples for writers and many universities use them as textbooks in screenwriting classes. She has consulted on over 2,000 scripts including over 50 produced feature films and over 35 produced television projects. She has given seminars in over 30 countries around the world. Linda has earned 3 MA degrees and a ThD including one in drama and one in Religion and the Arts. She lives in Cascade, CO with her husband Peter and cat Dexter. John Winston Rainey has been involved in the dramatic arts since 1975 and has been a script consultant since 1989. He has a B.A. and an M.F.A. in acting and directing. He acted and directed professionally for a decade before turning his attention to screenwriting in 1987. He has written 10 scripts for production companies located in Japan, Morocco, India, Russia, Colombia, Canada, and the United States, three of which have been produced and three more currently in some phase of production. He has also written 15 spec scripts, many of which have been optioned several times, and innumerable shorts. He has directed one short that is in post-production. Currently, he is developing a dramatic webisode series. John lives in Palos Verdes, California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Michael Wiese Productions
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1615933131
• ISBN 13: 9781615933136
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 260
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible