Book to Screen 4: Writing Structurally, The Script by Shonell Bacon
By APOOO • May 13th, 2011 • Category: The Write Life for YouWith dialogue in screenplays, remember that just as in novel writing, we typically don’t go for long, monologue type pieces of dialogue. We want it crisp, concise. We want it to reveal character and help move the story forward. This is even more so in movie. Because it is a visual medium, we expect to see movement. If we’re stuck in a monologue-like type of dialogue, we don’t get much movement—and it’s even worse when the dialogue doesn’t seem to move the story forward or reveal anything about the character.



