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Handling dialogue-like situations

I’m writing a screenplay where a magical typewriter communicates to people by typing them messages. Nothing verbal. Since this will be a selling script is ok to put in a note saying this, then proceed as…

Or is there another way to do this? This type of communication will exist through the entire story.

– Harry
Detroit

Since the typewriting is “speaking” dialogue, your way is fine. If it only happened once or twice in the script, I would be tempted to put the typing in boldface, centered on the page. But that would get really annoying, really quick. For what you’re attempting, faux-dialogue is best.

3 Responses to “Handling dialogue-like situations”

1. alan
   June 9th, 2005 at 9:23 am

   hi john. how are you? please put me in contact with the magic typewriter. all this time i thought i was the only magic typewriter.

   thank you magic typewriter

2. Eric
   June 9th, 2005 at 9:31 am

   Haha, magic typewriter.

3. Rob
   June 10th, 2005 at 4:17 pm

   There was just such a machine on an episode of The Love Boat. An inventor created a typewriter that responded to dictation. He was so invovled with his creation that he didn’t see that his secretary adored him. When he finally came to his senses and kissed her wildly in the presence of his voice-command Underwood, it wrote “mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm” across the page.

   No, it wasn’t funny.

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