Dialogue-Writing Workshop

My one-week online workshop focusing on writing dialogue begins September 22.

Some say the ability to write dialogue is a talent one is born with… or not. While I think there are writers who have a natural ear for dialogue, it is certainly a skill which can be honed and developed.

In my upcoming one-week online Dialogue-Writing Workshop, you will learn and put into practice numerous techniques and tips to elevate your ability at writing dialogue. However the single most critical thing you can do to make your dialogue come alive is this: Immerse yourself in the lives of your characters. For when you get to know them, they will start talking to you.

The late great playwright August Wilson was once asked how he wrote such compelling, realistic dialogue. His answer: “I don’t. They do.”

‘They’ as in characters.

That’s the focus on the Dialogue-Writing Workshop. In it, you will start from scratch in choosing a single character to work with, then over the course of the week use several proven character development techniques with a specific focus on getting them to speak to you.

As August Wilson suggests, it’s much easier to write good dialogue… if your characters are largely doing it for you.

This Dialogue-Writing Workshop will be a great learning opportunity for each and every participating writer.

COURSE DETAILS

• Analyze great dialogue from notable movies
• Download seven lectures written by Scott Myers
• Put theory into practice by writing and workshopping your own scenes
• 24/7 online forum Q&As moderated by instructor
• Pro insider writing tips
• A 90-minute live teleconference with instructor and class members

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE

Screenwriters, TV writers, novelists, playwrights, and anyone interested in upgrading their ability at writing dialogue.

The ability to write dialogue — not just characters talking, but good dialogue — is a critical skill-set for anyone wishing to work as a writer in the film or TV business.

So if you feel like your dialogue-writing chops could use an upgrade…

If you want to learn techniques you can use to write better dialogue…

If you would like to see how developing your characters can result in their voices emerging for you to tap into and use in your own writing…

Check out my Dialogue-Writing Workshop. It begins Monday, September 22.

I look forward to the opportunity to work with you.

ScreenwritingMasterClass.com is a unique online educational resource. Since its launch in 2010, co-founders Tom Benedek and Scott Myers have helped hundreds of people become better writers.

Tom and Scott have taught and mentored writers who have set up projects at major studios including Paramount, Warner Bros., Screen Gems, and Legendary Pictures, TV networks including ABC, AMC, HBO, and USA, signed with top agencies including CAA, The Gersh Agency, Paradigm, UTA, Verve, and WME, and managers including Circle of Confusion, Grandview, Lee Stobby, Mosaic, and MXN Entertainment, as well as winning the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting contest and writing scripts which have made the annual Black List.

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