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Q&A How do I write someone reading a document?

I have a scene where my character sits down to read a court summons and I want the shots to show various parts of the document like his name, then his codefendants name, then the charge and then th...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Matt‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:29:10Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/31868
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Matt‭ · 2019-12-08T07:29:10Z (over 4 years ago)
I have a scene where my character sits down to read a court summons and I want the shots to show various parts of the document like his name, then his codefendants name, then the charge and then the compensation sought, etc. I don’t know if I should use quotes around the words or what..and I don’t know if I have to set up each action line of text with telling the audience that he’s reading still??? Like:

> Judd scans the document ”Judd McCormick” ”codefendant David Golding” ”Wrongful dissolution of a partnership” Etc etc

Any help is much appreciated.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-12-07T20:45:05Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 6