Hi everyone! I can't understand the logic and so to speak the rule of using reductions in dialogues in the script. Like Kinda = kind of, Ya = y’ = you, Sorta = sort of, etc.
The same character sometimes uses them, and sometimes doesn't. What does it depend on?
I would understand if this was specific to one specific character, but it is not.
I have read many scripts, and they are all like this.
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Welcome to the community, Sara Jones. I do the same thing sometimes (sometimes characters use reductions, sometimes don't). It depends on what the dialogue (the entire sentence) and the situation are.
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If you go to a bar or restaurant and listen to people, for the most part, they do not speak in complete sentences or words. Pronunciation of words differ in different regions, slang and colloquialism change depending where a person comes from. Personally, as a writer I use speech to help differentiate between characters. A person from the deep south would have a deep accent and use "Ya'll" instead of "You all". A native New Yorker has a more nasal sound to their dialect and use expressions that someone from California or Texas would not. It's just trying to bring the characters to life through speech.
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Anthony Moore thanks for the answer! I'm confused by the fact that the same character sometimes uses reductions and sometimes doesn't. First he says "You all", and on the next page he says "Ya'll".