Writing for Dialogues: Give Voice to Your Characters
We Have the Dialogues ... What Now?
A course by Jimena Eme Vázquez , Playwright and Storyteller
About the video: We Have the Dialogues ... What Now?
Overview
“In this lesson I will give you ideas to make these dialogues part of a complete and articulated product. ”
In this video lesson Jimena Eme Vázquez addresses the topic: We Have the Dialogues ... What Now?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing for Dialogues: Give Voice to Your Characters . Learn to write dialogues that express the intention, emotions, and personality of your characters .
Partial transcription of the video
“We already have the dialogues ... and now? Up to this point we have only the written dialogues, but we haven't formatted this story yet. What will follow will be to look for that format and fill in any gaps you may have. The first thing I will do is think of this story as a play. It will be a short play. I don't really need a lot more scenes than I already have. and to discover what transitions or what moments I am missing I can design an outline. In this rundown I pointed out what dialogue is contained in each scene. I put the place where it occurs, the time of day. I also pointed out what...”
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Course summary for: Writing for Dialogues: Give Voice to Your Characters
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Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Film, Video & TV, Narrative, Script, Writing
Jimena Eme Vázquez
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.
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