Publishing

Tune into live conversations with authors, editors, and literary agents sharing their journeys and expertise in the world of publishing.

Screenwriting

Watch live panels featuring screenwriters as they break down their techniques for crafting compelling scripts and navigating the entertainment industry.

Filmmaking

Discover live streaming events where directors, producers, and cinematographers discuss the creative and technical processes behind their films.
April 30, 2025

The Book Skeleton Workshop: How to Structure Your Story Before Writing a Single Word

In The Book Skeleton, bestselling author and book coach Rea Frey will guide you through building the invisible structure that every strong book needs. Before you write a single word, you’ll design the "bones" of your story—giving you a clear, flexible blueprint to move forward with confidence, momentum, and creative flow.

Book Pipeline

Book Pipeline connects writers to publishers, agents, and the film industry through competitions and workshops, providing hands-on support to bridge the gap between emerging authors and the industry since 2014.

Script Pipeline

Script Pipeline connects writers with producers, agents, and managers, facilitating over $8 million in sales through competitions and ongoing industry support, helping launch major films and secure high-profile representation since 1999.

Film Pipeline

Film Pipeline connects filmmakers and writers with agencies and executives, focusing on diverse storytelling and playing an active role in developing and promoting projects, reviewing thousands of submissions annually since its launch in 2018.

Writing Dazzling Dialogue (For Any Medium)

Recorded

August 13, 2022

Duration

2 Hours

Cost

$35

Subjects

Publishing, Screenwriting

Topic

Craft

Of all forms of creative writing, playwriting depends the most on dialogue. Without the advantages of prose narration, camera movements, close-ups, film editing, or special effects, a stage play’s power often comes down to two core elements: the characters and the words they say. Memorable one-liners, emotional exchanges, and powerful monologues can make your play shine and keep an audience engaged, whether you’re writing an intense drama or a hilarious comedy.

And best of all, the skills for writing dialogue in plays can be applied to many other forms of creative writing. So, how can you start honing those skills?

Playwright, screenwriter, and fiction writer Kuros Charney will cover techniques for writing dialogue that’s both thrilling and realistic. By exploring the fundamentals of compelling, natural-sounding dialogue as well as the differences between theatrical dialogue and real speech, you’ll come away with tips that can bolster your dialogue not only in stage plays but in other storytelling forms—whether they be screenplays, TV scripts, novels, or short stories.

The presentation will cover:

  • How dialogue reveals character
  • Dialogue as action
  • Rhythm and pacing
  • Making dialogue sound like real talk
  • Making dialogue actable
  • How subtext works
  • Dialogue exercises to polish your skills
  • Q&A

What attendees have said ...

"The Dazzling Dialogue symposium was one of the best!!! Thanks for an informative session!!!"

Host

Kuros Charney
Kuros Charney is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and fiction writer. His plays have had productions and staged readings at Stella Adler Theatre, Dayton Playhouse, the WorkShop Theater, Theatre Row, Urban Stages, Repertorio Español, North Coast Repertory, and the William Inge Center for the Arts, among others. He wrote the feature film Another City, which premiered at the […]

Education for creators.

Join Symposium for notifications about upcoming events hosted by professionals in film, TV, publishing, and beyond.
Privacy Policy

Upcoming Events

April 30, 2025

The Book Skeleton Workshop: How to Structure Your Story Before Writing a Single Word

In The Book Skeleton, bestselling author and book coach Rea Frey will guide you through building the invisible structure that every strong book needs. Before you write a single word, you’ll design the "bones" of your story—giving you a clear, flexible blueprint to move forward with confidence, momentum, and creative flow.
May 7, 2025

How to Determine the Best Medium for Your Story

What medium is the best fit for your story? Is it a play? A screenplay? A TV show? If it’s best told using narrative prose, should it be a short story? A novel? Somewhere in between? We'll go over the specific strengths and weaknesses of each medium, as well as the additions and sacrifices required for adapting a story from one medium to another.

Latest Streaming

April 16, 2025

How to Build Pitch Decks for Development and Inspiration

Maya will walk you through the importance of this document and break down the different components needed for your deck to truly stand out from the rest. No design experience necessary—you’ll get plenty of her best tips and tricks from her many years and expertise as a graphic artist (and no, you do NOT need to use A.I. ...)
April 1, 2025

Spies, Lies, and the Secrets We Keep – Spy fiction, what is it and how do we write it?

In this 2-part event, get a a deeper understanding of what makes a novel fall into the spy fiction genre, as well as how to write stories that possess the basic elements of spy novels. The principles also apply to thriller and mystery genres.
March 18, 2025

Writing for Comics

In this session with comic writer and founder of Avina Comics John Avina you will learn how to tell stories in a sequential manner, and write for not only your audience but also for an artist. John will cover panel layouts, budgeting space for dialogue and telling a character arc across one issue. The goal […]

Symposium, presented by Pipeline Artists, is a year-round virtual conference empowering creatives with honest, no-nonsense guidance across the arts. Through seminars, industry panels, and Town Hall discussions on screenwriting, filmmaking, publishing, and career-building, Symposium offers grounded advice from working professionals to help you forge your own unique path.

© 2025 Pipeline Artists