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How to Format a Phone Call in your Screenplay
I bet you’re doing this wrong.
Dec 2, 2021
If you’ve got two characters talking on the phone in a scene of your script, then you’ll need to follow one of these methods of properly showing the conversation. If not, the story (and reader) can get confused…you don’t want that!
Which method you pick depends on the narrative purpose of your scene, and the way you want the audience to feel during the scene:
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