Daily Dialogue theme for next week: Explain the mission

As we watch the holiday season — and specifically New Year’s Eve — retreat in life’s rear view mirror, we move back into the hard work of learning the craft of writing good dialogue. And nowhere do we have more of a challenge with dialogue than handling exposition. Which is why Shaula Evans’ suggestion for next week is spot-on: Explain the mission.

“Go inside the dude’s dream… er, something something
plant a suggestion something, uh, something…
ah, hell, you figure it out!”

The usual drill:

* Copy/paste dialogue from IMDB Quotes or some other transcript source.

* Copy/paste the URL of an accompanying video from YouTube or some other video source.

I’d also ask you to think about why the dialogue is notable. Is there anything about the dialogue which provides some takeaway re screenwriting?

Here is our lineup for upcoming Daily Dialogue themes:

January 13-January 19: The Boss [kevinpgoulet]

January 20-January 26: Rescue [Despina]

January 27-February 2: Directions [brettonzinger]

See you in comments with your suggestions for movie scenes featuring next week’s theme: Explain the mission. And thanks in advance for your suggestions!

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