This is often true about film as well. New filmmakers - especially screenwriters, who are usually word-oriented in the first place - too often focus on dialogue over everything else. But ask yourself how you can tell your story visually. https://twitter.com/magsvisaggs/status/1361730548968873987

This is from a guy (me) who loves people talking. But I’ve also always thought visually first & foremost, which is at least part of why I was successful as a screenwriter before I was a director (& also possibly part of why I was frustrated as a screenwriter).

The images almost always come first, not the words, & then I try to describe what I see in a screenplay as eloquently as I can. So, again, it’s worth asking yourself, can I tell the story of this scene with images alone?

Yes! And you can use your dialogue to forward plot by creating conflict & forward momentum as opposed to telling the audience what’s going on. Dialogue should be between characters, not addressed to the audience. https://twitter.com/gwenloubser/status/1362429040041238531