This is something that has confused me for a very long time, even though I have read up on ways to not use "on-the-nose" dialogue in various screenwriting books. How do I approach writing dialogue in general? I'm wondering if writing subtext means finding another way to say something direct, like "I love you" or another way to illustrate the action in a scene, like an argument or something.
I know about revealing character through dialogue, like revealing a trait of a character, but I just don't know how to even approach writing dialogue as it relates to scenes. This is probably one of the weakest areas of my writing, even though I've been involved in this for a while (and I know that I really haven't completed a lot of scripts for various reasons, but that's another story), and I've taken a class on this in college recently. Anyone have any suggestions?
I know about revealing character through dialogue, like revealing a trait of a character, but I just don't know how to even approach writing dialogue as it relates to scenes. This is probably one of the weakest areas of my writing, even though I've been involved in this for a while (and I know that I really haven't completed a lot of scripts for various reasons, but that's another story), and I've taken a class on this in college recently. Anyone have any suggestions?
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