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#scripts are fluffy and repetitious. repetitive. but repetitious sounds funner
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trick to fun dialogue is just to make it a little hard to understand. maybe thats a cheap trick but i dont care
#or not even that hard necessarily just like it takes like 2 listens. it takes attention
#and what 'harder' is is subjective depends on the type of dialogue you hear a lot and your vocabulary level
#watching the nevers right
#and im watching this scene and theres this character who exactly hits this spot for me
#like 5........wait 5 years ago is not as far as i think it is.........7 years ago (ugh) i woudlnt have understood what she was saying
#like i'd know all the words separately but iwouldnt have understood what she was saying at all
#but rn im like oooh this is the exact balance between obscuring your meaning and substance
#i think oftne in my writing i obscure more than there is substance
#there usually /is/. /some/ substance
#theres usually substance. just theres more complication than there is substance. here the balance is better
#bc someone needs to say these words hfkghgj
#the other day while reading scripts im making myself rewrite i was like 'i coudltn do this in a fic. iwouldnt get away with this'
#lines that work in a script (bc they'll be acted) fall flat in fic bc we dont have the luxury (or limitation) of actors
#but it really made me think abt like..what you need to do in a script for television vs in a fic based on that television you knwo what i
#mean? different things you need to work for. WE need to work for that the characters sound like Them. that we can Hear them
#tv gets that almost free. the words will be in the right voice in the right body that gets you like 60-70% of the way
#less sometimes depending on the specificity of the character&circumstances i was mostly thinking abt the doctor who maybe has more leeway
#and tv has the limitations of 1) needs to be sayable. but also 2) needs to be flatter i think
#you cant put 5 meanings in every line bc theres plot that needs to keep going and sentences need to stay short
#so you get a lot of character work for free i think but in return you need to rein yourself in in that way
#anyway idk these observations were just based on like me rewriting the 14 specials and going 'this line fucking sucks in fic' fhgkjhgkjgh
#not that it was a bad line! just. boring .meaningless. doesnt add. filler noise. i dont have TIME for that in fic. i lose people
#idc if i lose readers i dont know abt that but i lose myself honestly very short attention span keep every word interesting
#scripts are fluffy and repetitious. repetitive. but repetitious sounds funner
#anyway its fun trying to match that tv need with my own lines that i add in
#not too obscure. needs to be sayable. but with my own 'half the spices cabinet in my single cup of hot choccy' approach to writing
#(and hot choccy)
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