Writing Subtext — The Secret to Writing What's Under the Surface

Summary by Krater

This video explains the concept of subtext in screenwriting, breaking it down into the formula of text plus context, and explores three main ways to create subtext through dialogue, actions, and performance.

From the video

Answers: How do you write subtext in screenwriting?

• writing subtext
• text and context
• subtext through dialogue
• subtext through actions
• subtext through performance

What it concludes

• Subtext is the sum of text and context.
• Subtext is all about what is left unsaid.
• Subtext is an essential ingredient in the vast majority of written dialogue.
• Subtext creates layered and complicated characters and gives the audience something to decode.