/lit/ - Literature and Writing

>>4285
plot forms all people know from experience + internalized understanding of said plot forms by study + pure animal instinct, in that order. no matter who you are you're already at least on step 2. just go up and talk to her bro

>>4289 i dont want to talk and you are not my bro.

>>4290
you are my bro and I'm praying for you bro

>>4301 yer praying but are you paying thats the thing.

Well in screenwriting you have the "protagonist"
what I like to call the "smart character"
And of course the "antagonist." The "dumb character"
And if you're going to have the dumb character DARE
to speak to the smart character
the trick to making sure the smart character sounds smart
which you need
Is to write their response first.
So, let's say the smart character's response to something is…
"I have an MBA from Stanford"
"I memorized the sonnets before I knew how to shit sitting down"
"and I have the first lady on speed dial"
"why don't you ask someone who thinks the Swiss invented the cuckoo clock"
Nice, right?
But it doesn't make any sense
which is why you need the dumb character to first say…
"Hey, could you sign this birthday card for my sick wife?"
From the pieces form the whole
the smart character has put the dumb character in their place
which is to be dumb
And that's dialogue, if you're doing it right