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Ursa major · 26th May 2012, 10:57 AM

A (screenplay) beat is a short pause in the speech. (I've seen it used before: GRRM, in his collection of pieces, Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective (recommended), includes a TV screenplay, and he uses Beat to give an idea of the way he wants the lines spoken.)

I assume, though I don't know, that its length depends on the pace of the dialogue into which it has been inserted.

26th May 2012, 10:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
Ursa major Bearly Believable Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK: ENGLAND: Posts: 12,047	Re: The Earth Chronicles Book I: Genesis (1,200+ words, 5min read) A (screenplay) beat is a short pause in the speech. (I've seen it used before: GRRM, in his collection of pieces, Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective (recommended), includes a TV screenplay, and he uses Beat to give an idea of the way he wants the lines spoken.) I assume, though I don't know, that its length depends on the pace of the dialogue into which it has been inserted.