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Tag: #berlanti #DCComics #voice #characterization #brevity #inmediares

February 24, 2016April 19, 2016Allison Marchetti

Mentor Text Wednesday: The Berlanti Opening Monologue

Using American film and tv writer Greg Berlanti’s opening monologue (think Dawson’s Creek, Everwood, Political Animals, Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow!) to teach everything from characterization to brevity to voice!

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