Writing Dialogue for Scripts

A good story can easily be ruined by bad dialogue. Now in its 4th edition, Rib Davis’s bestsellingWriting Dialogue for Scripts provides expert insight into how dialogue works, what to look out for in everyday speech and how to use dialogue effectively in scripts. Examining practical examples from film, TV, theatre and radio, this book will help aspiring and professional writers alike perfect their skills.

The 4th edition of Writing Dialogue for Scripts includes new case studies, including:

·Breaking Bad
·Girls
·In Bruges
·Dallas Buyers Club
·And many more!

As well as covering such topics as how conversation works, naturalistic and stylised dialogue, comic dialogue and rooting speech in character, the new edition also explores in-character narration and the dynamics of ensemble and multi-narrative dramas such as Crash and Traffic.