Dialogue-Writing Exercises [2019]

Here are prompts for the 5th annual GITS Dialogue-Writing Challenge. Use these to improve your dialogue writing chops.

Day 1: A hangover conversation

Day 2: A conversation set in a cemetery

Day 3: An interrupted phone call

Day 4: Pep talk

Day 5: Talking to a pet

Day 6: Not wanting to hear the truth

Day 7: Talking heads

Day 8: “You’re fired!”

Day 9: Flashback voice-over narration

Day 10: “It seemed like a good idea at the time…”

Day 11: Last call

Day 12: Flirting

Day 13: A stranger crying in public

Day 14: Meet cute

Day 15: Off-screen (O.S.)

Day 16: Traffic jam

Day 17: Sales pitch

Day 18: Intercom

Day 19: Funeral

Day 20: Standing in line

For the 2015 Dialogue-Writing Challenge prompts, go here.

For the 2016 Dialogue-Writing Challenge prompts, go here.

For the 2017 Dialogue-Writing Challenge prompts, go here.

For the 2018 Dialogue-Writing Challenge prompts, go here.

These are a great way to practice your chops at writing dialogue. Then in the summer, look for our annual Scene-Writing Challenge.