Make your dialogue come alive on the page!
Dialogue is essential to characterization storytelling, yet can be incredibly tricky to master. In this course, we’ll look at transcripts of conversations from life and published work to develop strategies to make your dialogue shine in your writing. Then we’ll do some targeted exercises to explore different types of dialogue strategies that go beyond direct quotation to create a symphony of distinct speaking voices for your characters. All genres welcome.
Live video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it).
In this workshop you’ll be:
- Developing techniques for dialogue
- Mastering various dialogue strategies that go beyond direct quotation
- Considering context for dialogue
Time requirements
- No reading required in advance
Materials
- All reading materials will be provided.
Who should take this workshop?
- This workshop is for writers at all levels who want to hone their skills and master the fundamentals of dialogue
If you need an accommodation for this workshop, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
