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 community studio, we will explore the meaning and importance of subtext in dialogue and have participants write scenes with subtext.
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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