Editing Screenwriting (section)

===Dialogue===
Since the advent of [[sound film]], or "talkies", dialogue has taken a central place in much of mainstream cinema. In the cinematic arts, the audience understands the story only through what they see and hear: action, music, sound effects, and dialogue. For many screenwriters, the only way their audiences can hear the writer's words is through the characters' dialogue. This has led writers such as [[Diablo Cody]], [[Joss Whedon]], and [[Quentin Tarantino]] to become well known for their dialogue—not just their stories.

[[Bollywood]] and other Indian film industries use separate dialogue writers in addition to the [[screenplay writer]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/dialogues-and-screenplay-separated-at-birth-abbas-tyrewala/story-EfS1ol8YDFZ6dTv6XnyqGJ.html |title=Dialogues and screenplay, separated at birth: Abbas Tyrewala |last=Tyrewala |first=Abbas |date=2014-12-11 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=2019-08-09 |author-link=Abbas Tyrewala |archive-date=2019-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530160618/https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/dialogues-and-screenplay-separated-at-birth-abbas-tyrewala/story-EfS1ol8YDFZ6dTv6XnyqGJ.html |url-status=live }}</ref>