How to Write Dialogue

How to write dialogue that pops isn’t as difficult as you think, but it’s a skill necessary for success. With a little attention to the details of dialogue writing, your script will elevate to a new level. Script shares advice on writing dialogue like a pro.

SCRIPT SECRETS: Speech! Speech!

Using Psychological Techniques to Reveal Personality Through Dialogue

Ten Tips for Writing Awesome Dialogue

Breaking & Entering: Subtext - Turn Up the Volume on Screenwriting Part 2

Shh: Subtext - The Powerful Sound of Show Not Tell

Top 10 Tips on Writing Dynamic Dialogue

30 Days of Tips for Character Development: Writing Character Introductions and Dialogue

In a World Without Dialogue – “Show Don’t Tell”

Three Dialogue Tips for Better Screenwriting

SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: Dialogue and the Written Word

3 Ways to Improve Dialogue In Your Script

Beyond Dialogue: Subtext Through Action, Description, and Silence

SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: Dialogue Subtext - Say It Without Saying It

SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: Writing The Tunnel

MEET THE READER: The Six Axes of Screenplay Analysis, Part 2

3 Simple Steps to Master the Rule of Show, Don't Tell

MEET THE READER: If You’re Going to Write a Script, Then You’re Actually Going to Have to Write a Script

WHY SPEC SCRIPTS FAIL: Dialogue Dementia - Common Dialogue Mistakes and How to Fix Them

BREAKING & ENTERING: 100 Reasons For Hollywood Executives To Say No

SCENE FIX: Tips for Elevating Tension, Characters and Conflict

BREAKING & ENTERING: Does Your Story Deliver?

BEHIND THE LINES WITH DR: How to Fix Really Bad Dialogue

SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: Overheard Dialogue Again

Faith-Based Screenwriting Roadmap (a.k.a. Writing Without the F-Bomb)

SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: Writing The Universal Character

SCREENPLAY FORMAT: Action and Dialogue

Macro Screenwriting for Microbudget Films: Work Every Scene

BREAKING & ENTERING: This Is An Article About Writing Dialogue

DIALOGUE FREEDOM: Getting Away with Writing Lengthy Dialogue

CRAFT: How to Write Dialogue - Walking The Talk

Lessons in Acting and Writing - From Working with Real People and No Script

BACK TO THE CHALKBOARD: Write Those Monologues!

SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: Overheard Dialogue, Part 1

Wendy's LA4HIRE: Best Screenwriting Tips for Great Dialogue

WENDY'S LA4HIRE: Essential Ingredients to Writing a Screenplay that's Powerful

SHOW ME THE LOVE: Interspecies Love

WENDY'S LA4HIRE: Great Screenplay Writing Part 4 - Kill Exposition

SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: Writing Dialogue - The Cut Instinct

WENDY’S LA4HIRE: Great Screenplay Writing, Part 2 - Empathy for Characters

Developing Strong Dialogue in Your Screenplay

SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: Writing Dialogue, Chicago-Style

SPECS & THE CITY: Monologues and 'Jaws'

Tips on Writing Dialogue That's Truthful

IMPROVISING SCREENPLAYS: Three Stagnant Scene Types...and How to Make Them Flow

Submissions Insanity: Cliché Clanger Dialogue

Writing Dialogue: Beats of the Dead Horse

Improvising Screenplays: Propel (and Shorten) Your Screenplay by Making Statements, Not Questions

Script Gods Must Die: 10 Tips For The Unknown Screenwriter, Part 1

COLUMN D: Writing Dialogue - The Sweet Sixteen Rule

The Wide Margin: Happy Birthday, Mr. Shakespeare!