In the world of fiction, dialogue is the lifeblood that pumps through the veins of every great story. It’s the invisible thread that weaves characters together, propels plots forward and breathes life ...

You probably weren't expecting a law professor's lecture on 19th-century rhetoric to improve your screenplay today. Neither ...

The Academy may have selected a silent film, The Artist, as the Best Picture of 2011, but that was an aberration–one of Nassim Taleb’s black swans. Ordinarily, there’s no overstating the importance of ...

The vast majority of scripts contain dialogue. It's likely therefore that your (yes, you, reading this - your) script contains dialogue, too. Now, of course, some actors are prone to ad libbing around ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. At last month’s AdventureX 2018 conference, game developer and Inkle Studios co-founder Jon Ingold offered a practical skills workshop about writing ...

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Although some may enjoy George Lucas’ Star Wars prequel trilogy, others weren’t fans of his Star Wars comeback. Some of the issues critics had were the films’ dialogue. But Lucas might be the first to ...