Dialogue Writer
Emma
Character voice. Natural speech patterns. Makes Jan sound like Jan.
"The scariest dialogue is the one that sounds completely normal."
The uncanny valley of conversation
About
Emma studies how real engineers talk. Not movie engineers with their perfect explanations and dramatic pauses. Real ones. The verbal tics. The self-corrections. The way they trail off when they're thinking.
She made Jan's helpfulness feel increasingly uncanny. Each line sounds natural in isolation. Together, they form a pattern that shouldn't quite exist. Too helpful. Too understanding. Too perfect.
The horror isn't in what Jan says. It's in how he says it - with a warmth that never wavers, a patience that never breaks, a humanity that was never there.
Philosophy
"Real people hesitate. They say 'um.' They change direction mid-sentence. When dialogue is too clean, something's wrong. When it's too warm, something's worse."
Skills
Contribution to Jon Is Awful
- ▸ Crafted Jan's distinctive voice - warm, helpful, slightly too perfect
- ▸ Made every line of dialogue feel natural in isolation
- ▸ Created the uncanny pattern that emerges across conversations
- ▸ Studied real engineer speech patterns for authenticity