Writing a Young Adult Novel
Dialogue
A course by Carola Martinez Arroyo , Writer, Editor, and Educator
Joined February 2020
About the video: Dialogue
Overview
“Here you will learn about dialogue and how it serves to get to know the characters better and show them to the reader. ”
In this video lesson Carola Martinez Arroyo addresses the topic: Dialogue, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing a Young Adult Novel. Discover the tools to help turn your next idea into a novel for teens.
Partial transcription of the video
“Dialogue We already have our characters and we will move on to this lesson, which is about the dialogues. Dialogue is one of the most important parts of the construction of a character. I seem to build a dialogue gives dynamism to the novel form and it allows me to understand and know my character. As I create a character and listen to how he speaks, I'm getting closer and seeing how it interacts with the rest of the characters in the novel and I begin to know him. It is very important to create your own voice and allow it to start working. I started to tell you how a novel is organized fro...”
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Course summary for: Writing a Young Adult Novel
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Children's Literature, Communication, Creativity, Narrative, Writing

Carola Martinez Arroyo
A course by Carola Martinez Arroyo
Carola Martínez Arroyo has played an active role in the world of children's and young adult literature since 1998. She is the author of multiple young adult books, two of which, Matilde (2017) and Nunca jamás (2019), have earned a place in the White Ravens catalogue, one of the highest honors in children's and young adult literature.
She is also an editor and runs a specialized blog and bookshop under the same name: Donde viven los libros. When she's not creating, she shares her passion for books by directing a reading program in Buenos Aires and teaching classes and training courses on reading, writing, and literature for education professionals and curious young minds.
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