General Question  comicalmayhem's avatar  Words for how a
character says something in a screenplay?  Asked by
comicalmayhem (804 points ) June 8th, 2011  In a screenplay,
parentheses often indicate how a character says a line of
dialog. What are some describing words for how someone can say
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Answers  TexasDude's avatar   comicalmayhem's avatar  I mean
specifics like “angrily”, “with emphasis”, “with empathy”, “in a
harsh tone”...  Blueroses's avatar  Are you talking about
specific descriptions? As in: “That’s my car!” (threateningly)
“That’s my car!” (lewdly)  KatawaGrey's avatar  The general rule
of thumb is to not put too many of these words in because you
are straying into directing and acting territory. However,
certain words like “yelling,” “whispering,” “while laughing,” or
even “to [character]” are acceptable and even encouraged.  My
senior project was a feature length screenplay and this is what
several professors told me.  comicalmayhem's avata