Learn the secrets of great dialogue!
Take your dialogue to the next level with this online three-week intensive course. Good dialogue does not mimic regular speech. It brings rhythm to the page, characterizes, sets the scene, advances plot, and creates immediacy in your storytelling. Over the three weeks, you’ll learn the mechanics of what makes dialogue flow on the page and how to make your characters sound natural or realistic. We’ll do this by studying novel excerpts, scripts, and craft books. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to apply new techniques that improve the dialogue in your own fiction.
Learn at your own pace: This workshop will take place over Wet Ink, which is an asynchronous creative writing platform. The instructor will post a lesson and assignment at the beginning of each week, and participants can log in and read the lessons/post assignments/comment on other classmates’ work at their convenience. Shortly before the start date, participants will receive an invite from Wet Ink to create their login info and access the class. Please check your spam if you don’t see it.
In this workshop you’ll learn:
- Characterizing through dialogue
- Subtext
- Mechanics of dialogue
Time requirements
- 2-4 hours/No reading required in advance
Materials
- All materials will be provided.
Who should take this workshop?
- This workshop is designed for writers looking to deepen their understanding of what makes for great 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.
