Dialogue-Writing Exercises [2016]

Here are prompts for the 2nd annual GITS Dialogue-Writing Challenge. Use these to improve your dialogue writing chops.

A monologue in which a character expresses regret for something in their past

A scene built around the line “Give me the God damn key”

A stoner conversation

A young child asks an adult, “Where do babies come from?”

An apology

First date

Interruptions

Introduce a character with memorable dialogue

Last date / break-up

Prompt: “I’m pregnant, asshole”

Reads a note aloud

Saying “I love you” without saying “I love you”

Slang

Somebody gets fired from their job

Someone tells a joke

Talking a character out of doing something bad

Talking aloud to oneself

Talking back to someone on TV

Talking through tears

Use voice-over narration with a flashback