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How to Transition from Playwriting to Screenwriting 

Write Your Screenplay Podcast

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Isolating Visual Moments of Action

In screen writing, we have far less dialogue than we would ever have in a play. We don't have these long scenes where we unpack the action that happened off stage. Rather, we are usually going to dramatize that action and it happens like this. So what does all this mean? All this stacks up to the biggest reason why playwrights have trouble transitioning into screen writing. It's not about entrances and exits, and it is not about talk. It's about action and dramatization of what is actually happening. I it's about finding the big choices the characters make in relation to what they want and in relation to the theme. And you're a playwright

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