
17.29: The Job of Dialogue
Writing Excuses
00:00
The Authorial Area of Intention
Every piece of dialogue has two areas of intention. There is the authorial area of intention, the reason the author needs it to happen. And there's the character area of intention,. which is why the character is saying the thing. So in this this episode, what we're focusing on is theAuthorial aray of intention. Thet why, why is this here? And what load bearing thing is it doing for us?
Transcript
Play full episode