The Craft of Scene Writing

Here are additional questions that you can ask of your dialogue as you write:

• What is the line’s purpose?

• Can I express the beat with an action, gesture, or reaction?

Very few writers can write great dialogue from the start. Great dialogue writing is a craft to be learned and developed.

However, after you repeat this process a few times, you develop a habit, internalize the process, and eventually, it becomes an organic tool of your craft