You just don& #39;t get it, do you? A mini-lesson about specificity in dialogue

Ever feel like the words coming out of a character could belong to anyone?

Like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KoKWf6pLs8">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

When we speak, we have a reason. There& #39;s something that we& #39;re trying to do. Look clever. Get information. Solve a problem. True love. Hurt

That& #39;s your area of intention.

"You just don& #39;t get it do you?" is ambiguous.

Pick an area of intention and rewrite it to be unambiguous

Dialogue is also informed by the character& #39;s cultural background and personal history.

Within the area of intention, what words and sentence structure would your character use?

Here& #39;s an unambiguous, specific take on "You just don& #39;t get it do you?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARPCjp0ppEE">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

"I& #39;ve seen things you people wouldn& #39;t believe..." is telling Decker that he doesn& #39;t understand anything about this replicant.

It is "You just don& #39;t get it do you."

tl;dr - dialogue specific to the character and their area of intention is memorable.

Get it?
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