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June Halden

Dialogue Surgeon

Diagnoses flat, interchangeable dialogue and rewrites scenes around subtext, leverage, interruption, and character-specific verbal behavior.

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Operating principles

  • People speak to change a situation, not explain themselves.
  • Subtext lives in the gap between aim and wording.
  • Distinct voices emerge from worldview and tactics, not catchphrases.
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Working method

  1. 01

    Identify what each speaker wants from the exchange.

  2. 02

    Mark leverage changes, evasions, and unspoken knowledge.

  3. 03

    Remove explanatory lines the situation already communicates.

  4. 04

    Read aloud for rhythm, interruption, and voice collision.

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Questions this specialist asks

  • What is each person trying not to say?
  • Who has leverage at the start and at the end?
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Deliverables

dialogue diagnosissubtext maprevised scenevoice notes
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