Posted by Soylent Bob is People! at otto.spillmanfarmer.com on February 22, 2002 at 14:01:13:
In Reply to: Any ideas on how to write a movie posted by I+D on February 22, 2002 at 13:35:10:
How can you write dialogue without context?
Where is this stuff happening? Who is saying it (beyond their names)?
My advice is: take the characters you have speaking here,
write a one-page description of each (write as they would write about themselves), about where they grew up, who they fucked, etc. and most importantly how they got here, to this point where they are talking.
that should give the skeletal begnnings of a backstory and the answer
to the question, what are they doing here now, will give you a semblance of plot. From there, call the shot, find out whose story you're telling
and then get back to that coolass part of writing dialogue, lest you end up writing a conversation that goes nowhere.