How to Write Funny, Compelling Dialogue that Doesn't Suck

SCRIPT X 464.11E

Learn how masterful screenwriters put realistic words into their characters’ mouths in this course dedicated to the art and craft of dialogue.

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What you can learn.

Study how the moral premise of your story feeds into comedic opportunities
Turn life experience into funny dialogue that resonates in your script
Employ effective editing techniques to ensure only the best lines survive
Identify dialogue pitfalls and learn to avoid them

About this course:

Great, funny, compelling dialogue is easier than you think. It comes when you focus on one single thing: your moral premise. There’s a vice and a virtue ready to argue with each other, and funny lines arrive when you see the strengths and weaknesses in your argument. In this workshop, you learn how screenplay structure can be dialogue’s best friend, how to write great dialogue by drawing from your worst life moments, and how to be a ruthless editor. You also learn how to avoid dialogue pitfalls like wordiness, clunkiness, ambivalence, and wishy-washiness. By the end of the course, you write dialogue that cracks like a whip.