Dialogue Tricks: Making Characters and Voices Genuine

C. Hope Clark

Dialogue is more than just characters talking; it's an essential tool in character development and story movement, it shows rather than tells the audience information key to your plot, and it can be fun to write. In this tutorial, author C. Hope Clark shares her tips and tricks on how to write dialogue that sounds authentic and engaging, and keeps your audience invested in your characters and plot.

About the Instructor

C. Hope Clark is a freelance writer, author of seventeen award-winning mysteries (and counting), and founder of FundsforWriters.com. Her website has been selected by Writer's Digest for its 101 Best Websites for Writers for over two decades, and her no-nonsense weekly newsletter reaches 25,000 readers eager for advice on finding income for their craft. She writes for Writer's Digest Magazine, Writer's Market, Writer's Digest University, The Guide to Literary Agents, SC Wildlife Magazine, Chapin Magazine, and more. She speaks at conferences, in online events, at retreats, book clubs, philanthropic gatherings, and libraries across the country. She lives in South Carolina on the banks of Lake Murray when she isn't researching new stories on the shore of Edisto Beach. www.fundsforwriters.com / www.chopeclark.com