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How to Determine the Best Medium for Your Story

Author, comic writer and screenwriter Joshua Corin will help you determine 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.

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Writing Great Dialogue

Recorded

March 11, 2025

Duration

2 Hours

Cost

$35

Subjects

Publishing, Screenwriting

Topic

Craft

Writing believable, compelling dialogue is one of the hardest parts of constructing fictional narrative.

In this session, you’ll learn:

  • Why writing good dialogue is one of the most powerful tools in a writer’s toolbox.
  • How to craft unique voices.
  • How to elevate lackluster dialogue to sharp language that hooks audiences.
  • The secret sauce that goes around dialogue to make it shine.
  • The delicate art of writing funny.
  • How to decide between what is said aloud and what is implied.

There will be hands-on exercises and tools to create and shape snappy dialogue that will engage your audience.

What attendees had to say ...

Great organization for a sound approach to the art of dialogue.

It was inspiring. I particularly remember the sound of silence. That it can be full of stuff. And ways to check your dialogue to not be boring.

Julia and Jeanne were very responsive to all questions and provided a different slant on writing dialogue.

Host

Julia F. Green
Julia F. Green (she/her) is an award-winning writer, editor, and instructor. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and teaches creative writing at universities and arts organizations around the Triangle and online.

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How to Determine the Best Medium for Your Story

Author, comic writer and screenwriter Joshua Corin will help you determine 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.
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