Dynamic Dialogue

Photo: ©Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection

Photo: ©Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection

Successful dialogue serves many purposes: it gives character insight, it moves the plot ahead, it breaks up descriptions or action scenes. And it must do all of this while being invisible, flowing from the page without breaking the reader’s concentration. In this workshop, we will discuss how to write dialogue that fulfills all of these purposes while breathing life into a story like only spoken word can.