: Re: How to write long conversation of (whispers) when screenwriting? If you have a conversation of whispering in a screenplay do you have to put: BATHSHEBA (whispers) Beneath each character’s

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From my experience, the name and any special instructions are printed in the margin beside the spoken lines, which are themselves in a block of text and indented.
I take it that such is what you meant when you said “beneath”.

Use of abbreviations can be done — e.g.

(whis.)

— but should not be necessary unless you are conserving space or substrate i.e. paper.

A screenplay is meant to be accurate in conveying information to the director and the performers. They will use marks and highlighting as necessary to help them learn the lines; but, unless you provide such necessary information in the first place, how will they know it?

If an entire dialogue is done in a certain mode, then you can make such a note prior to the entire sequence. E.g.

The dialogue in this scene is done entirely in whispering.

Phrase that however is best.

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