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13 January 2015

Screenwriting: Empathetic Listening

Are good scripts written by people who listen to others... or by people who listen to iPods?

A new friend of mine complimented a favorite scriptwriter as "having an ear for natural dialogue."

"How would you develop one of those?" I asked him, over hanger steak at the Brewing Company.

"Eavesdrop," he said. "Listen to people."