Dramatic Dialogue
Dialogue can breathe life into any fiction or non-fiction story. This course will focus on how to write “natural” sounding dialogue, plus help you avoid the common mistakes found in canned conversation.
In this class we cover:
SCENE & SPACE – A scene is: Doing (Action) Thinking (Narrative) and Talking (Dialogue).
STORY O’TOOL – A writer has a number of tools for story building: narration, action, description, and dialogue.
STICKINESS – How dialogue sticks with us.
DOs & DON’TS OF TAGS – When to tag, when to skip tags & where to place tags.
TYPES OF DIALOGUE - Direct, Reflective, Misdirected, Modulated, Descriptive, Breathless, & Compressed
TIPS FOR WRITING DIALOGE – When to circle back, go silent, & add gestures
PUNCTUATION – Where to put those marks and quotes