Writing dialogue is one of the most difficult aspects of screenwriting. When it's good, it's almost invisible, but when it's ...

Dialogue shouldn't sound natural.

I think a lot of beginning writers are always looking for cheat codes or fast ways to improve their writing. When really, the best way to get better is just to write a lot. But dialogue is one of ...

It’s the melodrama that gets me — every time. For as long as I as I have been watching TV, I have been attracted to dialogue. And I guess the daytime TV dramas, better known as soap operas were all ...

At last month’s AdventureX 2018 conference, game developer and Inkle Studios co-founder Jon Ingold offered a practical skills workshop about writing better dialogue for games. It involved a lot of ...

Seed&Spark’s BRIGHT IDEAS Magazine will premiere a 50th anniversary remix of Godard’s “Alphaville” at the Slamdance Film Festival and they’re putting a call out for dialogue submissions. From January ...