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More tips from STYH:

Screenwriting Tip #166

‘EXT. DESSERT — DAY’

Yeah, that’s not good.

Screenwriting Tip #165

When you write ‘All hell breaks loose’, what you’re actually saying is ‘I couldn’t be bothered to write real action lines here’.

Screenwriting Tip #160

No need to put (beat) or (pause) into the dialogue because you think it’ll sound nice — the actors will have their own ideas. Parenthetical beats work best for suspense or timing-dependent jokes.

Screenwriting Tip #159

You can’t just tell us there’s speech coming from the radio, or the TV, or some character in the background. You have to actually write the dialogue.

Ouch! Slapped down but good by STYH. But in the end, it feels so good to know the truth, right?

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