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Crafting Memorable Dialogue online class |
Joni M Fisher
Joni Fisher |
January 2012 - Crafting Memorable Dialogue
Presented by Joni Fisher
Dates: January 5 – 29, 2012
Deadline: January 3, 2012
FMI: http://lowcountryrwa.com/online-workshops/#JAN2
Course Description:
This workshop three-week workshop is designed for fiction writers, college age or above, who have completed a first draft of a novel.
At the end of the workshop, students will be able to:
Identify the purposes and limitations of dialogue.
Infuse dialogue with conflict. Make each conversation matter. One acting technique and nine elements show how to enliven any dialogue ranging from polite debates to violent confrontations.
Construct dialogue with depth of meaning that flows at two levels.
Fine tune dialogue to create suspense and raise questions in the reader’s mind.
Transform predictable exchanges into memorable, fresh dialogue using a simple creativity technique.
Craft believable, dynamic conversations that cut to the chase. Apply the less-is-more adage to dialogue. Learn when to summarize and use fragment quotes.
Talk the talk. Individualize characters through dialogue using any of eleven revealing markers. See how to conduct field research for dialogue.
Apply the stimulus/response pattern to maintain clarity of action in a scene.
Use dialogue tags, action tags and thought tags to show character’s goals, motivations and conflicts.
Format and punctuate dialogue properly.
Each of the ten lessons will end with a practical exercise in which the student will apply the lesson by revising a dialogue scene from his manuscript.
*** This workshop is limited to 45 students. The first 30 students to register will get a free critique on the first 30 pages of the WIP. ***
Instructor Bio:
Joni has designed computer-based training and taught adult classes in writing. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and has made a living as a writer. She minored in Theater with a concentration on playwriting. Her work has appeared in national magazines and newspapers. As a PRO member of Romance Writers of America, she belongs to the Tampa Area Romance Authors (TARA) Chapter and the online Kiss Of Death Chapter.
Read more about Joni at her website www.jonimfisher.com
You can register for the following on-line class through January 3. Each class is $16. FMI: www.lowcountryrwa.com/online-workshops/
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