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Screenwriting

Christian screenwriting -- profanity

How do I write dialogue for my villain? I see him as an absolutely evil, dangerous, conscienceless sociopath. In my mind, I hear him using all the George Carlin words. But if I write that, my screenplay won't sell. But to write the man saying "Mercy sakes, goldurn it, fudge" would be false to the character. Not to mention, absurd.

But my screenplay will also have a drugged rape, so maybe there's no reason to worry about the profanity. Being as my screenplay is too "dark" for most Christian production companies.
  

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[nq:1]How do I write dialogue for my villain? I see him as an absolutely evil, dangerous, conscienceless sociopath. In my ...

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  • [nq:1]How do I write dialogue for my villain?
  • I see him as an absolutely evil, dangerous, conscienceless sociopath.
  • In my ...
  • there's no reason to worry about the profanity.
  • [/nq] This is a joke, right?
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[nq:1]How do I write dialogue for my villain? I see him as an absolutely evil, dangerous, conscienceless sociopath. In my ... there's no reason to worry about the profanity. Being as my screenplay is too "dark" for most Christian production companies.[/nq]
This is a joke, right?
Pretending, for a moment, that it's not, you write your screenplay the way you'd like. If you want to appeal to
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[nq:1]How do I write dialogue for my villain? I see him as an absolutely evil, dangerous, conscienceless sociopath.[/nq]
That is an awful villain. The villain would be the hero if the story was told from their POV. A good villain is a real person, with understandable motivations, and a logical reason for doing what they do - and that makes them more frightening than a 2D cardboard evil
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[nq:1]How do I write dialogue for my villain? I see him as an absolutely evil, dangerous, conscienceless sociopath. In my ... there's no reason to worry about the profanity. Being as my screenplay is too "dark" for most Christian production companies.[/nq]
Most real-life bad guys don't get up in the morning and say "How can I project pure evil? I know. I'll curse a lot."
Watch a bunch of S
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[nq:1]That is an awful villain. The villain would be the hero if the story was told from their POV. A ... logical reason for doing what they do - and that makes them more frightening than a 2D cardboard evil villain.[/nq]
Ordinarily, yes. But my villain not only must mistreat the heroine, but bring her to a crisis of faith. If she feels any sympathy for him, if the audience feels any sy
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[nq:1]This is a joke, right? Pretending, for a moment, that it's not, you write your screenplay the way you'd like.  If you want to appeal to Christian or other conservative production companies, then watch your language and more importantly your theme.[/nq]
This is exactly what I'm asking about, how to watch my language. How does one write, for instance, "Hey ***, knock off your s***, before
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[nq:2]This is a joke, right? Pretending, for a moment, that it's not, you write your screenplay the way you'd like.  If you want to appeal to Christian or other conservative production companies, then watch your language and more importantly your theme.[/nq]
[nq:1]This is exactly what I'm asking about, how to watch my language. How does one write, for instance, "Hey ***, knock off your s***, b
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[nq:2]That is an awful villain. The villain would be the ... makes them more frightening than a 2D cardboard evil villain.[/nq]
[nq:1]Ordinarily, yes. But my villain not only must mistreat the heroine, but bring her to a crisis of faith. If she feels any sympathy for him, if the audience feels any sympathy for him, he is no longer effective at that.[/nq]
That is not at all true.
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[nq:2]How do I write dialogue for my villain? I see him as an absolutely evil, dangerous, conscienceless sociopath.[/nq]
[nq:1]That is an awful villain. The villain would be the hero if the story was told from their POV. A ... logical reason for doing what they do - and that makes them more frightening than a 2D cardboard evil villain.[/nq]
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[nq:2]That is an awful villain. The villain would be the ... makes them more frightening than a 2D cardboard evil villain.[/nq]
[nq:1]Ordinarily, yes. But my villain not only must mistreat the heroine, but bring her to a crisis of faith. If ... such an effective villain in "Silence of the Lambs" precisely because we could not relate to him in any way.[/nq]
On the contrary, he had re
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@reader2.panix.com:
[nq:1]How do I write dialogue for my villain? I see him as an absolutely evil, dangerous, conscienceless sociopath. In my ... to write the man saying "Mercy sakes, goldurn it, fudge" would be false to the character. Not to mention, absurd.[/nq]
You could create an extremely evil character who absolutely deplores foul language to the point of viciously punishing those wh
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