Nick Garnett
“Say What?” Writing Good Dialogue
6 weeks: Tuesdays, May 27-July 1, 2008, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
$95 (Current MDC faculty and credit students: $80)

Workshop will take place at Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus
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Dialogue is a powerful tool through which to convey and control characterization, tone, exposition, and pacing.  It is also one of the most difficult (and often the last) writing techniques to be mastered.  In this workshop, designed for writers of all experience levels, you’ll learn how to recognize, appreciate, and create effective dialogue and avoid the traps which can bring your story to a grinding halt.  Through in-class and at-home exercises, examining the work of other writers, and critiquing your own writing, you’ll come away from this class with the skills necessary to make your dialogue work for your characters and your story.    

Nick Garnett is currently revising his memoir, Straight Man—A Married Guy’s Journey to Fire Island and Back which is currently with a literary agent.  He was recently accepted into FIU’s Creative Writing MFA program and has taught frequently for Miami Dade College’s Florida Center for the Literary Arts.

Date and Time
Tuesdays
May 27- July 1, 2008
6:30-8:30 p.m.

Fee
$95, pre-registration required
(Current MDC faculty staff and students: $80)

This is a Community Education (non-credit) course.

Want to register? Click here for instructions and registration form.