How To Annoy A Script Reader - Part 2
Friday 22nd May 2015
2: On-the-nose dialogue or cliched dialogue.
Writing dialogue with no subtext or people saying exactly what they mean. The same goes for dialogue describing what we have just seen in the action.
This is really annoying. Go over all the dialogue and ask yourself if it's necessary.
Can I say this differently, more interestingly etc?
More: Tip 1, Tip 2, Tip 3, Tip 4, Tip 5, Tip 6, Tip 7, Tip 8, Tip 9, Tip 10, Tip 11, Tip 12, Tip 13, Tip 14