Show, Don’t Tell: An Inside Look at Action in Script-Writing
About the Event
In each studio session, mentees and mentors will learn about and practice a few fundamentals of scriptwriting like show don’t tell, writing dialogue with subtext, and creative layered and specific characters.
In this first script-writing studio, we will delve into how to write scenes without words—sometimes, the best form of writing/visualization comes with no dialogue.
Marya Cohn
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Marya Cohn is a writer/director and film professor. Her feature script, Hurricane Season, currently in development, was invited to The…
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Genesis Juarez is currently an English undergrad student at The University of North Texas. She's studied various literature courses such…
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