How This Workshop Will Help You
Writing dialogue ought to be EASY–you talk to people every day, right? If only that’s all it took. How do you write dialogue that doesn’t sound stilted and awkward? How can dialogue reveal personality? How do you handle regional dialects? What about subtext–how to you communicate the meaning of what’s NOT spoken? Should dialogue advance your plot and explain backstory? Do you know how to avoid the monotony of “he said/she said?” If you struggle with any of this (or you don’t understand the questions), attend this FREE SEMINAR.
What You’ll Learn
- How to write dialogue that brings your character to life
- Ways to avoid stilted, unnatural dialogue
- Interesting types of dialogue that will make your writing come alive
- How to communicate unspoken subtext in a scene
- Clever ways to avoid “he said/she said”
- Suggestions for including dialogue in memoirs and other non-fiction
- How to handle regional dialect and foreign words
What You’ll Do in the Workshop
- You’ll see the difference between effective and ineffective dialogue.
- You’ll learn new techniques for writing better dialogue.
- You’ll learn to spot (and improve) awkward dialogue.
- You’ll practice new skills with brief writing prompts.
(Have a computer or paper and pen handy–we’ll be doing writing prompts!)
Who Should Attend
- New writers are welcome—everybody works at their own level.
- Experienced writers might hear a different twist on what they already know.
BONUS OFFER
- Email a prompt to Myra for personal feedback!
About Myra
Myra Levine is on a mission: to make sure nobody dies with their story still inside them. She shows writers how to turn their lives, experiences, and areas of expertise into memoirs and novels. She teaches writing techniques not taught in school, avoids literary jargon, and teaches in plain old English. And her classes are FUN. After all, writing isn’t about knowing where to put the commas; it’s about capturing a moment and bringing it to life.
As a writing coach, Myra challenges her clients to master the tools of fiction. Understanding point of view, dialog, setting, and character development will bring your fiction to a higher level AND will help you write an unforgettable memoir. The germ of an idea can become a great story, or a dozen great stories, or a terrific novel—and a coach can cut years of frustration from the job of writing a great book.
Before turning to fiction and publishing two novels, Myra spent decades writing television and radio scripts, instructional videos, and corporate marketing programs. She won many local and regional advertising awards before leaving corporate life to become a wife and mother of two adopted kids. Stay-at-home-motherhood in the suburbs of Indianapolis rekindled her ambition to write fiction and gave her LOTS to write about. She writes family stories, but focuses mainly on novels.
“If you turn the truth into fiction, you’re less likely to get sued.”
—Myra Levine
Myra’s live Zoom seminars attract writers from all over the world.
Written under the name M.E. Levine, Myra’s novels, Revenge of the Soccer Moms and The Dead Mothers’ Club, are available on Amazon.com (print & e-book) and Audible.com (audiobook).