008: Breathing Life Into Your Characters Through Dialogue
#008 - What did the fox say? Well, anything you like… This week, we’re talking about writing dialogue and revealing some of the tricks we use to make dialogue more believable, as well as talking about some of the dialogue we really like from other shows.
From two people who treat the writing process differently, it’s interesting to see how similar much of our dialogue writing process is.
You’ll also pick up a few tips about how you can bring a bit of psychology into your writing and we will discuss characters' voices and how phrases need to fit with the piece you’re writing.
Resources mentioned in the show:
Dialogue: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Effective Dialogue by Gloria Kempton
Writing Dialogue by Tom Chiarella
Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen by Robert McKee
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