The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna cover image

141 | Television Writing Foundations w/ Javier Grillo-Marxauch

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

00:00

The Importance of Dialogue in Scripts

I think all dialogue is artifice. I made very specific choices about the characters not speaking in a naturalistic way at all absolutely not but there's a reason for it you know and it's and if and then the world of cat lady i really like that script  It'll never get made um but it's one of those things wherelike I look at that script and I think I've created a world where people talk this way" He says he wanted to have everything kind of feeling chubby so even wardrobe didn't make everyone look fat. The whole set was designed around that her outfit the vibe of the show It was always a check back for all the leads is this a big

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app