7 Writing Exercises to Improve Your Dialogue

If you're trying to improve your dialogue skills--whether because it's something you struggle with, or because you just want to expand your abilities--writing exercises are one of the best way to do that. You can use different writing exercises to strengthen different skills, all crucial things for writing effective dialogue. Here are seven writing exercises to help improve your dialogue, and many of them serve as helpful character development tools as well!

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0:00 - Intro
0:46 - The impersonator
1:16 - Borrowing a conversation
2:02 - Subtext or not?
2:58 - Dialogue only
3:32 - Formatting fun
4:26 - Create a twist
5:03 - Mirror, mirror on the wall

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