006 - Language and Scene Description

Scene description offers an opportunity for writers to help shape what a reader sees in their mind’s eye. How do you create evocative imagery? How do you capture cinematic action? In this episode, NYU Film Professor John Warren and professional screenwriters Adam Schaller and Alexie Basil break down the type of language to use in scene description. They discuss controlling the rhythm, your objective as a writer, and finding your own voice.