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What Can I Say?: A Dialogue Workshop

At a Glance

  • Dialogue workshop on DVD
  • Shows how to find your unique voice to make your script a great read
  • Gives you practical dialogue tools for immediate results

What is every agent looking for? An original voice. That's your dialogue.

How does your project get a green light? An A-list actor wants to say your lines. That's your dialogue!

And when it comes to your dialogue, "good" is not good enough. Learn to transform "good" into sparkling and make your script a great read. In this DVD you'll work along with Ellen's students as they try her surprisingly simple, yet magically effective exercises that turn ordinary into fresh and original!

Included in the DVD:

  • FIND A CHARACTER'S VOICE
  • BANISH ON-THE-NOSE DIALOGUE
  • SAY MORE WITH LESS
  • STOP THE "EXPOSITION TRUCK"- NO MORE CLUNKY DATA DELIVERIES
  • ADD CHARACTER DEPTH THROUGH REVEALING DIALOGUE
  • GET 'EM IN; GET 'EM OUT - ENTRANCES & EXITS, ON STORY AND WITH MOTIVE
  • END A SCENE AND SEND AN ARROW TO THE NEXT ONE

Ellen does more than tell you what great dialogue is: she hands you practical tools that are exciting to use and give you immediate results. You'll have fun writing and your readers will have fun reading.

Product Details

  • Date available: 04/04/2011
  • Publication date: 04/01/2011
  • Return policy: This item is not eligible for return.

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Meet the Author: Ellen Sandler

Ellen Sandler was nominated for an Emmy as a Co-Executive Producer of Everybody Loves Raymond. She has created over 20 pilots for ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox Family, Oxygen and the Disney Channel and has consulted internationally on pilots for the ABC Australia; the CBC Canada; Media Marketing, Dubai; and MediaCorp, Singapore. A writer/producer on more than a dozen prime time TV shows, she is the author of The TV Writer’s Workbook (Bantam/Dell).

Ellen is also a playwright and director. Her most recent theatrical project was her adaptation of N.Y. Times food writer Mimi Sheraton’s book, The Bialy Eaters, which st...

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