Writing Exercise #1: Improving the Conversation: Voice and Dialogue

As we move into our final marking period, remember to keep writing. My goal for you is always about 6 hours of writing a week. I will continue to throw prompts and suggestions your way, but remember at this point, you should have ownership over your writing. Write what EXCITES YOU!




Exercise: Write a conversation between one person who is bitter and melodramatic and another person who is not. Show the non-dramatic person coming to understand the cause of the other's bitterness or drama and have them respond in a way that the other actually feels heard-- but not for what he or she is specifically saying.




Potential Extensions: Try this with a partner or start alone and bring your conversation together with a partner. See where is goes...


Exercise not speaking to you? Just try and work with realistic dialogue in some way. It might be interesting to have two very different characters being forced to have a conversation with one another.