Write great dialogue to enhance your plot, characters, voice and more!
Dialogue can make or break a novel. It either bounces off the page and singes through the climax, or it drags the pace and destroys your characterization. In this class you’ll learn some of the most basic tenants about writing fantastic dialogue, and you’ll discover how focusing on dialogue can help you to develop your plot, round out your characters, smooth your pace, and develop a strong narrative voice. Participants should be prepared to write consistently in this class, and to spend about 30-45 minutes a week reading classmates’ submissions.
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:
- Dialogue
- Voice
- Characterization
- Plot
- Pacing
Time requirements
- You should be prepared to write consistently in this class, and you should be prepared to spend about 30-45 minutes a week reading other’s submission.
Materials
- No materials required.
Who should take this workshop?
- This workshop is for fiction writers of any genre!
If you need an accommodation for this workshop, please contact us at access@{{{{homeurl_non_www}}}}. We will attempt to fulfill all requests, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
