Writing the action is challenging as well but the dialouge is the toughest. How can I make it better?
shareYep. Elmore Leonard style. Hard to go wrong. Especially if you're just getting started.
"God rot all 'good men'...."
There are writers like Tarrantino who fill their screenplays with cool dialog but since you're starting out, have your characters speak with brevity. Also try not to tell the story through your dialog or voiceover. Telling your story this way means nothing if you don't have the images to back up the words. Always have the images before the words, after all that's the medium you're playing with. If it helps obsess over the structure of a films images and not so much the dialog. Watch movies without the sound.
Read some David Mamet.
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(First; learn to spell dialogue)
Yes indeed. You first, pal! If you're American, its 'dialog'.
"God rot all 'good men'...."
Heh heh!
I like the way you think
"God rot all 'good men'...."
No one can teach you how to write great dialogue. Just do your best to avoid being "on the nose" but that all really comes down to the opinion of your reader. I've had someone call my dialogue "on the nose" while another thought it was good (on the same project)
On The Nose refers to characters saying exactly what they feel. A male character will highly unlikely go up to a female he has been eye balling for the first time and just say, "I like you."
A good technique I learned is to imagine your character as a known actor (one that you've seen allot in movies) and picture them as you write your character's words.