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Characters tell you who they are in dialogue

by Paul Chitlik - Loyola Marymount University

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Good dialogue is not dialogue that merely informs, it ignites a scene and illustrates a character's goal in both the scene and the film. In this article, Paul Chitlik illustrates how the writers of Shakespeare in Love used dialogue to make each character unique and drive the story.

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