Is my dialogue too on-the-nose? Which characters all sound like the same person?

Quotes the lines that say outright what could be implied, and checks whether each character sounds like themselves.

€17 is the price for a feature-length script, up to 120 pages. A 10-page scene costs €5. Most reports are ready in a few minutes. No account, and your script is deleted as soon as the analysis has run.

Best for: Writers doing a dialogue pass: hunting exposition leaks, flattening voices, and lines that state what should be implied.
Not designed for: Writing your dialogue for you. Where a line says too much, the report may sketch the same point made indirectly, to show the idea. The line you keep is yours to write.

What you get

The lines that say too much, quoted, with the kind of problem each one is
Where the dialogue already holds back, so you know what to keep
A note on each speaking character’s voice, and the pairs who sound alike
Subtext across the script, scene by scene, and notes for the next draft

From the sample report on Nope (2022)

Sc. 199
OJ and Em's relationship is mostly shown through action and shared history. Their last exchange, in scene 199, has no words in it and says more than any line in the script.

For the next draft

Several scenes let characters name their feelings outright: 'I'm scared,' 'this is crazy.' Most of those scenes already show the emotion in what people do, so the line repeats what the audience has just seen. Which of those lines would you miss if they went?

What it measures

How much the dialogue leaves unsaid, where lines state outright what could be implied, and whether each character sounds like a distinct person.

Method

1.The dialogue is read line by line for how much it leaves unsaid.
2.Lines that state a feeling, a motive, backstory or the theme outright are flagged and quoted.
3.Each speaking character’s voice is described, and characters who sound alike are paired.

Price by script length

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Terms used in the report

Maxim: Grice’s rules of cooperative conversation: say enough (quantity), be truthful (quality), be relevant (relation), be clear (manner).
Flouting: Deliberately breaking a maxim so the listener looks for the meaning behind the words.
Implicature: The meaning a line carries beyond what it literally says. Dramatic subtext is engineered implicature.
On-the-nose: Dialogue with no implicature: characters state their emotions, motives, backstory, or the theme outright.

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Dialogue Autopsy on a feature-length script, up to 120 pages. Shorter scripts cost less.

Feature-length price: €17

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