Best And Easiest Way To Write Great Dialogue - Jill Chamberlain

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Jill Chamberlain is the founder of a screenwriting school, a script consultant, a screenwriter, and the author of The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret to Successful Screenwriting.

The Nutshell Technique is considered the go-to manual many professionals swear by. It's on the syllabus at film schools all over the world and has been published in Mandarin Chinese, Korean, and Italian, and in audiobook format.

As a script consultant, Jill has fixed and fine tuned scripts for Oscar-nominated screenwriters, top television showrunners, screenwriters whose movies have made over a billion dollars at the box office, award-winning independent filmmakers, and for many, many spec script writers.

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[filmcourage]

If someone wants to learn dialogue, what is the best movie to watch?

[TeddyRumble]

I second the notion of writers taking acting classes. I did, and I found I couldn't play a characters until I knew who he was, what his purpose was.
That made me conscious of the fact I needed to give a backstory to all of the important characters. That leads to a more complete character and, yes, what his/her motivation was.

[StreetlifeIndia]

That is so beautiful. So correct. It's the intention. And the intention can be anything .. it need not always to extract something out of the other person - but at times you want to amuse that person/s, or or make them respect you, admire you, feel good about you, or you want to make them feel good, or actually make them angry towards you for some or the other reason.... that will be part of the story....

[Lark]

Good dialogue is the result of setting up a good premise and interesting, complex characters with conflicting strengths and weaknesses and ideas for solving problems. It’s like setting up a circuit. The dialogue is the electricity. The current that shoots through when the circuit is designed perfectly.

[TeddyRumble]

Another thing, once your screenplay is done, go back over it, and trim your dialogue, show don't tell.

[rebeccaoliver]

Jill is always terrific. Thanks, Film Courage, for your ongoing commitment to great videos.

[ratemyactors]

Great video, Jill! Your tips on writing effective dialogue are super helpful. I especially liked the emphasis on making dialogue serve the story and not just being a showcase for witty one-liners. Your book is on my reading list now, thanks for sharing!

[filmcourage]

What is your favorite use of subtext between characters in a movie or television show?

[Khatoon]

There are important tips for writing great dialogue first give each character their own agenda. Avoid writing dialogue for exposition dumps . Leave dialogue left unsaid ( subtext ). Use contractions. Differentiate characters voices. Don’t overwrite accents and patios in your dialogue. Don’t over use names . Mrs jill chamberlain in her early career was independent film / writer director. She is now script consultant and script doctor. She has fixed. And fine tuned scripts for major Hollywood studies, list writers, television show runners, award winning independent filmmaker and many spec script writers.

[rockyyan]

Many readers, like some of your students, may struggle to grasp the intended meaning behind "wanting her to eat fish." This raises a question: is there a point where subtext becomes too obscure for an audience?
Should there be a goal as of what percentage of targeted readers should understand subtext in a typical dialogue? Or perhaps, like the ongoing debate over Moby Dick, subtext is inherently open to interpretation?

[cliffsofmoherfilmreviews]

Is there anyway to get my script read by Jill Chamberlain or any of the other amazing screenwriters on Film Courage?

[Samson]

I've been blundering through script writing as a complete newbie. I've found that dialogue I write doesn't always fit the pacing nor the set-up of my scenes when there's video with it and is either too much or too little, usually meaning I end up asking actors whether they could re-record amended V.O., and muting dialogue on the timeline. I can't imagine my process going down well outside of my house. 😂

[formulaic]

Pretty sure Tarantino wasn't thinking about his character's wants when he wrote the sparkling dialogue to Pulp Fiction. He was writing music.

[TikTok-vdey]

I have great movie ideas, i write them down in form of a story telling manner. No sure if thats how im supposed to do it..i need someone to guide me please. I dont want my ideas to ever end up in my scripts only...i want them to cime alive.😊