Chapter 9Writing Techniques for Long-Form Scripts
Key Terms
- action
- adaptation
- audience
- character
- character as victim
- comedy
- cover-up
- cross-cutting
- deus ex machina
- dialogue
- disguise
- dramatic irony
- gag
- hubris
- key moment
- mistaken identity
- narrative tense
- omniscient or third-person narrator
- plot
- point of view
- public domain
- realism
- realistic
- running gag
- scene
- slapstick
- storyline
- title cards
- tragedy
- verbal comedy
- visual narrative
So far we have outlined the broad process of developing and writing long-form scripts without going into the craft of how you do it. This chapter introduces ...
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