What Makes Television Dialogue Work

The specific analysis of what good television dialogue does that mediocre dialogue does not

The Analysis

The analysis of what makes television dialogue work is the craft analysis that separates the working television writer from the aspiring one. The dialogue that works does multiple things simultaneously: it advances the story, it reveals character, it establishes relationship, and it sounds like the specific person speaking it rather than like the writer writing it.

The Test

The test for television dialogue: read it aloud. The dialogue that sounds written rather than spoken fails the test. The dialogue that could only be said by the specific character in the specific situation succeeds the test. The test is simple. The writing that passes it is the result of the specific revision process that most first-draft dialogue requires.

Screenplay.biz Coverage

Screenplay.biz covers television dialogue craft because the accountability journalism of the craft requires examining the specific skills whose mastery distinguishes the working television writer, and because the dialogue test is the specific practical tool that the aspiring writer can apply to their own work.

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