How would I write a character hearing something someone says in a conversation that they didn't actually say.
I'm not talking about subtext.
Example
Would I write it as auditory hallucination? While the other character is talking, says something off the wall. But in reality they didn't say what the protagonist heard.
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I'd write it like this, John C. Bounds:
INT. HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY
Action line
CHARACTER 1
Dialogue
An action line about character 1 starting to hallucinate
CHARACTER 2
Hallucination dialogue
Character 1 reacts to hallucination dialogue. A wild stare or something.
CHARACTER 1
What did you say?
CHARACTER 2
I said, "the character reveals what they really said."
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Thank you both. I kind of thought about how you both said, but wasn't sure.
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You're welcome, John C. Bounds.
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Depending, I sometimes just use the good ol fashioned "V.O. ((Voice Over)) parenthetical, for the person speaking. Never got any negative feed back on that : o )
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Love a tactical font color change in a script Dan MaxXx. Always gets me excited