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To be a storyteller means you’re often performing, particularly during pitches. But Donovan said he also uses his writing as a selling tool for talent, by writing parts he knows will resonate with other actors.
“It’s a lot easier to do that knowing how an actor approaches their craft,” he said. “What they look for in a part. It makes it a lot easier and more fun.”
This experience also helps him in the area of dialogue. He wants to write dialogue that he (and the actors) would want to say.
“The second I’m writing dialogue that is to accomplish a story task, like trying to set up backstory or trying to get out some information that the audience needs to know if it feels like ‘pipe,’ we call it, if it feels like backstory, you’re doing it wrong,” The Sticky showrunner said. “Because people don’t talk that way.”
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