Writing a Psychological Thriller
The Dialogue
A course by Emily Barr , Novelist
About the video: The Dialogue
Overview
“As soon as your characters start speaking to each other, the reader sees them in a new light. Dialogue can make or break a novel, so in this session, you’re going to learn how to make it work for you. ”
In this video lesson Emily Barr addresses the topic: The Dialogue, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing a Psychological Thriller. Learn creative writing techniques to bring mysterious stories to life that grab the reader’s attention from the first page.
Partial transcription of the video
“ The Dialogue In this lesson, we'll be talking about dialogue. Your characters in your novel will be talking to each other and after they do, your reader will see them in a different light. Good dialogue can absolutely make a novel and bad dialogue can break it. I'm going to show you how to and how not to let your characters speak. Dialogue is an important part of any novel, but it's particularly important in a psychological thriller where your characters will be revealing different things about themselves depending on who they're talking to. In a book where we don't know if we can trust a...”
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Course summary for: Writing a Psychological Thriller
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Areas
Creative Writing, Fiction Writing, Narrative, Storytelling, Writing
Emily Barr
A course by Emily Barr
Emily Barr is an award-winning novelist based in Cornwall, England, with over 20 years of writing experience. She grew up surrounded by books and was an avid reader and writer, even as a child. While studying art history at the University of London, she worked for her university newspaper, during which time she won a student journalism award for her work experience at The Guardian. She went on to work full-time for the newspaper and, during her time traveling for her column, dedicated herself to writing what she was truly passionate about–fiction. Emily later found an agent and secured her first publishing deal for her thriller novel, Backpack, which saw her win WHSmith’s New Talent Award.
Since then, Emily’s work has been published by Headline and Penguin, as well as many others worldwide. She also writes horror and sci-fi in the US under the name Evie Green, and is currently working on her 6th young adult book with Penguin.
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