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Hi rhamm5798

In writing short stories, you are communicating with the reader. They are the ones that need to understand what the new word means. In writing a script or screenplay, you are to some degree communicating with the actors, but your central communication is with the viewer. They are the people that need to understand what the new word means. Use your script to demonstrate to the audience what the new word means.

For example, say the new word is Bob, but it means a specific type of spacecraft. In the dialogue, you have the commander say (using the proper format, of course): Get all the civilians aboard the Bob. Then in the description, you write something like (the crew leads the civilians onto the Bob, spacecraft, The seats are...) and you proceed to describe it. Any other details that can't be "seen" by the audience but are critical for the audience to know must be revealed either in dialogue or in actions that occur.

The critical point is to remember you are communicating with the viewers. Write the script in such a way that the viewers know what a "kablibit" is and all the information will be there for the actors. If you're interested in writing screenplays, I suggest you join this group "The Screenwriting Group" . They have not been functional for a while, but they are starting back up this fall.

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