Rozemeijer
Is there rule for using 'beat' in the dialog. How many times you may use it in a conversation. Or it is irritating for the reader to see the beat. Is it of any use?
As mentioned in another thread, the "problem" is that here, you're just another anonymous userid. On message boards it's hard if not impossible to tell the real people from the fantasists so you'll forgive me if I occasionally ping with a tongue-in-cheek comment just to see what kind of response comes back, the better to form opinions. I'm still forming, and you shouldn't feel insulted by this. Tomorrow you could claim to be the Queen of Sheba or Justino for all I know. Me, I don't claim anything, I'm just working on the karma principle of maybe I'll get back some of what I give. Our different approaches are neither exclusive nor wrong. But if I offer someone wrong advice I expect you to slap me for it. The result being, I won't offer that wrong advice again.There's no need to be so snarky. You admit that you're not a professional screenwriter. I've supported myself off my craft for years. I not only write my own stuff, but I've also made a lot of money rewriting scripts by other people. So I've seen alot, done alot and learned alot through experience.
So maybe, just maybe, I know a little more than you.