Guide to Writing Great Dialogue Course

Dialogues keep the novel from becoming too narrative or dragging. These also humanize the characters and reflect their personality. Dialogues should be spontaneous, but could come in various forms—a pleasant conversation, an argument, a nice chat, one with tension and disagreement—to spice up the drama or the comedy of the story.

Aside from the purposes mentioned above, dialogues give the story a push, moving it forward or providing a crucial information to proceed to the next event. Varying the lengths of the dialogue can also help in keeping it away from being boring.

Character conversation has to be concise and not too wordy. It should be able to get to the point straight without having to compromise the character’s emotion and personality.

Lines fascinate readers; most readers will have a favorite line, whether or not it was said by their favorite character. Make a dialogue that will be engraved in your readers’ minds. Start by taking this course.

At the end of this course, students shall learn how to:

(1) write dialogues effectively;

(2) write dialogues between characters;

(3) create versions of dialogues;

(4) understand indirect and direct speech and transitions;

(5) understand accents and dialects; and

(6) understand the importance of listening.

To achieve these goals, this course shall make use of interactive materials to present the concepts of the topics to be discussed. Assessments shall be done after the entire course to check for knowledge retention and understanding.

Course Overview

• Unit 1 – Introduction and Overview
• Unit 2 – The Characters in Dialogue
• Unit 3 – The Narratives in Dialogue
• Unit 4 – The Dialogue in Narrative
• Unit 5 – The Versions of Dialogue
• Unit 6 – Indirect and Direct Speech and Transitions
• Unit 7 – Approximating the Impossible
• Unit 8 – Accents and Dialect
• Unit 9 – The Reaches of Dialogue
• Unit 10 – The Importance of Listening; Learning from Listening

Certificate

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be awarded an IOLEN Certificate of Achievement from IOLEN Accreditation. This should help validate their learning experience and skill, and can be used as a resume builder.

Course Format

This course is divided into several modules and is delivered online through our interactive learning management system. Students are given access to the learning portal where they can access the course 24/7. This gives them complete control over the pace of their learning while also enabling them to study from home, in their offices or from a laptop while travelling.

Course Duration:

Normative or minimum period of study to complete this is 35 hours. Take note that this is only an estimate. The duration of completing the course still depends on the learner’s pace and ability to absorb information. Additionally, as the course is delivered online, learners have the options to divide and study the course in multiple session or go through it one go.

Learners will be given full access to this course for 12 months from the date of enrolment. During this period, learners are given the flexibility to complete the course at any-time.

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• Fill in the gaps of any knowledge you may not have
• Enhance your resume
• Show you are a committed learner

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