Page Turning Dialogue with Kathy Otten

Character Page Turning Dialogue with Kathy Otten

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Level
Mixed
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Category
  1. Characters
  2. Editing
  3. Dialogue
  4. Voice
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In this workshop, through lecture and exercises, we'll look at ways to use dialogue to create characters your reader won't want to forget, add tension to your plot, and increase the pacing to produce a story your reader will hate to put down.
Outline
Week I- Why We Write Dialogue
1. One of the Best Ways to Show
2. Reveals Character, Mood, Tension, Conflict, Growth
3. Reveals Back Story
4. Gives Reader Information
5. Increases the Pacing
Week II- How to Write Dialogue
1. Real and Appropriate for Character, Time, Place
2. Chit-Chat and Pleasantries
3. Accents and Dialect
Week III- Pairing Speech and Action Tags with Dialogue
1. Speech Tags
2. Action Beats
3. Unattributed Dialogue
Week IV- The Grammar of Dialogue
1. Use of Quotation Marks
2. Punctuation
3. Internal Dialogue
4. Paragraphing
Author
Kathy Otten
Start date
May 15, 2017 at 9:00 AM
End date
Jun 11, 2017 at 6:00 PM
Registration end date
May 17, 2017 at 6:00 PM
Rating
4.63 star(s) 8 ratings

Latest reviews

This is the second class I've taken with Kathy Otten, and I did so because I loved an earlier class so much. She helps me improve so many details in my writing, whether dialogue or making my characters' emotions come alive without dialogue. Her technique is brilliant and her approach gentle and encouraging for self-doubting newbies like myself. (How long can I call myself a newbie? There must be a timeline...or a category called "old newbies".) Thanks, Kathy Otten for making me feel like I really am a writer. That means the world to me.