{"product_id":"creating-dialogue-for-tv-screenwriters-talk-television-paperback","title":"Creating Dialogue for TV: Screenwriters Talk Television - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMonika Bednarek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs entertaining as it is enlightening, \u003ci\u003eCreating Dialogue for TV: Screenwriters Talk Television\u003c\/i\u003e presents interviews with five Hollywood professionals who talk about all things related to dialogue - from naturalistic style to the building of characters to swearing and dialect. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScreenwriters\/showrunners David Mandel (\u003ci\u003eCurb Your Enthusiasm\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Veep\u003c\/i\u003e), Jane Espenson (\u003ci\u003eBuffy, Battlestar Galactica, Once Upon a Time\u003c\/i\u003e), Robert Berens (\u003ci\u003eSupernatural\u003c\/i\u003e), Sheila Lawrence (\u003ci\u003eGilmore Girls, Ugly Betty, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel\u003c\/i\u003e), and Doris Egan (\u003ci\u003eTru Calling, House, Reign\u003c\/i\u003e) field a linguist's inquiries about the craft of writing dialogue. This book is for anyone who has ever wondered what creative processes and attitudes lie behind the words they encounter when tuning into their favourite television show. It provides direct insights into Hollywood writers' knowledge and opinions of how language is used in television narratives, and in doing so shows how language awareness, attitudes and the craft of using words are utilised to create popular TV series. The book will appeal to students and teachers in screenwriting, creative writing and linguistics as well as lay readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMonika Bednarek\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia. She has authored six academic books, most recently \u003ci\u003eLanguage and Television Series: A Linguistic Approach to TV Dialogue\u003c\/i\u003e (2018). Her research interests include corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, media linguistics, sociolinguistics, and the linguistic expression of emotion and attitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 68\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.14 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47459357262077,"sku":"9781032178400","price":58.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/3F5lwOZY1U9781032178400.webp?v=1777253395","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/creating-dialogue-for-tv-screenwriters-talk-television-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}