How to Create Real-Life Dialogue: A Step-by-Step Guide

By Elaine Radford

What brings characters to life on film? Dialogue. Crisp, revealing, electric words.

You will learn how to create the words that animate all great motion picture characters in a new Scriptologist.com article titled How To Create Real-Life Dialogue: A Step-by-Step Guide.

In this new article, you will find out how to capture the drama of everyday life, how to tell if the characters you've created would say the words you've written, how to observe and listen effectively, how to reveal the motivation and history of characters through words and action, and how to move from character to character, writing dialogue that's true to their personalities.

There are actual film scenes, scene analyses, plus an exercise to help you break the ice.