Learn to write flawlessly halting, fumblingly REAL dialogue—the way actual humans actually talk!
Despite our best writerly efforts, our dialogue often rings false: sentimental, hyper-articulate, or full of cloying exposition. Dialogue is often the weak link in otherwise beautiful work! The best dialogue writing is fumbling, inarticulate, subtexy, halting, exquisitely imperfect stuff!
A great scene interrupted by robot stiff diction, or a flowery turn of phrase, breaks the spell for your reader. But when we write voices that feel REAL, we deepen investment in our fictional worlds, reflect our readers back to themselves, pop champagne, and celebrate the gnarly mess that is humanity. The great news is, you can learn how to do this!Whatever you love to write—fiction, plays, creative nonfiction, sketch comedy—radical dialogue work will elevate your art.
Dialogue is Lauren’s specialty as a screenwriter (where “dialogue is king”), but her lessons are designed for all creative writers, writing in all modes.
In this workshop, we’ll tackle: Subtext, monologue, snuggle-toothed conflict writing, crosstalk, and “voice” (how to make sure your characters don’t all sound like YOU).
You have exponentially more power as a writer once you’ve mastered the kind of dialogue that tells your audience: we’re all just humans here. Open to all writers, in all genres.