Writing Dialogue for Emotional Impact: Crafting Fresh Dialogue That Snaps, Crackles and Pops Off the Page

Description

There are three kinds of feelings when reading a script - yes, no, and WOW! Your job as a screenwriter is to cerate that WOW! feeling on as many pages as possible. But writing authentic, sparkling, well-crafted dialogue that individualizes characters and entertains the reader is the ultimate challenge for screenwriters, who otherwise may have solid script elements, and yet are bound to fail because of flawed dialogue.

How-to books and seminars discuss superficially, and it is more often prescriptive than enlightening. They focus on what dialogue must do but neglect discussing specific techniques on how to do it. Maybe it's because most believable dialogue cannot be taught, but GOOD dialogue can.

Expanding on the essential elements of all successful scripts - the reader's emotional experience, author Karl Iglesias will showcase over 50 dialogue techniques and lots of examples from highly successful screenwriters that turn bland, on-the-nose dialogue into striking speech that snaps, crackles and pops off the page. This class will include dialogue rewriting exercises and analysis of great dialogue.

Here is just a general breakdown of subjects you will be learning in-depth in this course.

Week 1: Freshness
- Introduction to great dialogue, its function, and most common amateur problems
- 15 advanced techniques for turning flat, predictable and dull dialogue into sparkling & entertaining dialogue

Week 2: Individuality
- 10 advanced techniques for developing a distinct voice for each character

Week 3: Subtle Exposition
- 9 advanced techniques for weaving in information without losing the reader's interest

Week 4: Subtext
- 12 advanced techniques for adding depth, emotion, & meaning through "off-the-nose" dialogue
- Final words and advanced dialogue tips from pros