Writing for Dialogues: Give Voice to Your Characters
A course by Jimena Eme Vázquez , Playwright and Storyteller
Learn to write dialogues that express the intention, emotions, and personality of your characters
Learn to write dialogues that express the intention, emotions, and personality of your characters
When putting pen to paper, you can tell the characters' stories or let the characters tell their stories with you. Writer and dramatist Jimena Eme Vázquez teaches you how to listen to your characters, understand how they relate to one another, and help each one find their voice and express their view of the world.
In this course, learn how to write dialogues and use them as the building blocks of storytelling. Play around with the rhythm, tone, and intention of each sentence to transmit emotions and create dialogues that draw the audience in.
What will you learn in this online course?
17 lessons & 19 downloads
- 98% positive reviews (245)
- 6,392 students
- 17 lessons (2h 5m)
- 19 additional resources (8 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Write four dialogues and rework them for a theater script or story.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone with a flare for storytelling and an interest in theater.
Requirements and materials
No prior knowledge is necessary, just the desire to put pen to paper.
The materials for this course include paper, a pencil, fountain pens and a range of colored inks or colored felt-tip pens, and a computer with Microsoft Word or similar.
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A course by Jimena Eme Vázquez
Jimena Eme Vázquez has been writing stories since she was a child. As she wanted to be an actor, she studied Dramatic Literature and Theater at the UNAM (Mexico City). Through combining these two disciplines she quickly discovered her true calling, and in 2014 she debuted her first piece as a professional playwright.
Today, she writes novels, stories for young people, and above all, plays. Her name has appeared on posters for pieces like Piel de mariposa (Butterfly Skin), Un beso en la frente (A kiss on the forehead) and No todas viven en Salem (They don't all live in Salem). She won first prize for the Vicente Leñero Young Dramatist award as well as the Cuenta Conmigo contest.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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What Will We Do in This Course?
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U2
What's Behind the Dialogues
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Telling Without Intermediaries
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Dosing Information
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Character Systems
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Story Design Based on the Character System
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U3
Characters Begin to Speak
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Definition of the Story
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Collection of Lines and References
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Types of Hierarchies in a Dialog (Dialog 1)
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The Environment in a Dialogue (Dialogue 2)
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More Than Two Characters Speaking Simultaneously (Dialogue 3)
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Monologue (Dialogue 4)
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U4
Polishing the Dialogues
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Dialogue Reformulation
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Listening to Your Characters
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We Have the Dialogues ... What Now?
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Additional Resource: Full Reading of Dialogue 3, Simultaneous Conversations
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FP
Final project
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Writing for Dialogues: Give Voice to Your Characters
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wiic3099
Un maravilloso curso, la profesora conoce bastante del tema, lo recomiendo mucho.
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moonice
It's so good that I feel really grateful for the teacher's sharing! really profound and useful!
cavalcantej21
Gostei bastante da explicação da Jimena, me deu bastante ideia para diferenciar as vozes dos meus personagens na trama e até como organizar a relação entre eles. Foi muito útil.
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lilibeth0079
Bastante aterrizable. Me ayudó a tener varios tips de cómo dar una voz particular al personaje y a entender la importancia de dar matices para que no todo se escuché (sin darnos cuenta) como la voz del narrador.
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