Description
By parsing examples from literature, this workshop will go beyond the fundamentals to explore how dialogue can multi-task: convey speech, advance plot, reveal character, add atmosphere, and enhance setting.
This session will be closed-captioned. Closed captioning provided by Zoom auto transcription.
Webinar Host
Sharon Bala’s best-selling debut novel, The Boat People, won the 2020 NL Book Award and the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, was short listed for several awards, and is in translation in four languages. Sharon is a member of The Port Authority, a St. John’s writing group.
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