# Dialogue Pass > Refine every line in a character's voice — accept or reject each rewrite. A comprehensive dialogue refinement pass. It reads each character's voice across scenes, flags lines that sound generic, expository, or on-the-nose, and proposes tighter phrasings and subtext — each as an inline change you accept or reject, never applied on its own. - Scope One scene, an act, or the full script - Output Changes in the draft + a patterns report [Try Dialogue Pass in Plot](https://app.inkwell.software/signup) [All skills](https://www.inkwell.software/skills) The pass, in miniature Dialogue Pass · One scene, an act, or the full script Inside Plot ## Bring the work - 01 The target scene, act, or script - 02 The character's dialogue and actions across the draft - 03 The surrounding scene for context Run one focused pass Dialogue Pass ## Review the result - A proposed rewrite on each dialogue line, as inline changes - A summary of the voice, rhythm, and on-the-nose patterns it found One screenplay. One specialist lens. A result you can review where you write. ## When to reach for it 1. 01 A character's voice drifts between scenes 2. 02 Lines feel writerly, expository, or on-the-nose 3. 03 You want to tighten rhythm and subtext before a table read ## Where this pass stops - Rewrite your action lines — this pass works on dialogue - Apply anything on its own; every change waits for your accept or reject - Invent new plot — it refines what a character already says ## Tune the pass Parameters you can set when you run /dialogue-pass. - Character Focus Limit the pass to a single character's lines. - Intensity Light for word tweaks, moderate for line rewrites, or aggressive to reshape the scene. - Preserve Voice Prioritize your style even where a line is technically improvable. ## About Dialogue Pass Practical answers before you run the pass. **Does the dialogue pass change my script automatically?** No. Every suggestion appears as an inline change on its dialogue line — you accept or reject each one. Nothing is applied until you choose. **Can I run it on just one character?** Yes. Choose one character as the focus so you can tune one voice at a time. ## Related skills - [Save Lines](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/save-lines) [An economy-of-language pass — tighten without losing meaning, and see the pages you save.](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/save-lines) - [Tone Pass](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/tone-pass) [Map your script's emotional arc scene by scene and catch the tonal breaks.](https://www.inkwell.software/skills/tone-pass) ## Related templates and terms - [Figurative language](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/figurative-language) [Metaphor, simile, hyperbole and the other figures of speech, and how to fit them to a character's voice.](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/figurative-language) - [Simile](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/simile) [How a simile differs from a metaphor, and how to pick a comparison only this character would make.](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/simile) - [Alliteration](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/alliteration) [Repeated first sounds, and when a line that alliterates sounds rehearsed on purpose rather than by accident.](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/alliteration) - [Assonance](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/assonance) [Repeated vowel sounds, and how they slow a line down or make it easy for an actor to say.](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/assonance) - [Consonance](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/consonance) [Repeated consonants, and how hard or soft sounds change how a threat or a lullaby lands.](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/consonance) - [Oxymoron](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/oxymoron) [How two contradictory words make a phrase like "sweet sorrow" mean more than either word alone, and when a character would say one.](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/oxymoron) - [Dialogue](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/dialogue) [How dialogue is laid out on the page, and what separates lines that sound like a person from lines that only carry information.](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/dialogue) - [Antithesis](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/antithesis) [Use balanced contrasts to expose what two characters value, and decide when a plainer line is stronger.](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/antithesis) - [Rhetorical questions](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/rhetorical-question) [Show what a character assumes, and turn a confrontation when the listener answers anyway.](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/rhetorical-question) [Run /dialogue-pass on your draft](https://app.inkwell.software/signup) [Back to all skills](https://www.inkwell.software/skills) --- Canonical page: