Aaron Sorkin master class and other tips on dialogue

Dialogues:

Dialogues should be like music - cadence, tone, volume. Rhythm.

It is not written like people talk but it is imitated the way people talk

But at the same time don't make them sound like they are on TV or play

First think of the dialogue - walk - think through the whole thing..Thinking while walking helps direst your thoughts. First think, make notes. Think again You know when you will be ready to write.

After writing -add idiosyncrasies , add nuances, false starts, remove extra bits of info

After writing read it out loud and see if it works..enact..never repeat an info.

Also for comedy - make people read it at 1.5 pace.

It should be faster and audience should feel like leaning in to understand what you are writing. Analyze the dialogues of first scene of a movie called social network.