0071: Parentheticals

The Screenplay Writers

If you’ve written or read a screenplay lately, you’ve probably come across parentheticals. They’re those bits of direction before dialogue that inform directors what the heck to do. Without them, directors wouldn't have a clue—and for that reason they're among the top seven things to master when writing screenplays. The guys do script surgery on “The Crimes of Grindelwald,” and Nathan presents “Nathan Canadian” in Logline Cage Match.