Dialogue-Writing Exercises [2017]

Here are prompts for the 3rd annual GITS Dialogue-Writing Challenge. Use these to improve your dialogue writing chops.

Day 1 prompt: A fight / argument.

Day 2 prompt: Seduction.

Day 3 prompt: Negotiation.

Day 4 prompt: Confession.

Day 5 prompt: A conversation involving texting.

Day 6 prompt: Stalling.

Day 7 prompt: Somebody is drunk.

Day 8 prompt: A waiter/waitress serves his/her ex-mate.

Day 9 prompt: A bar conversation.

Day 10 prompt: A character attempts to share something while crying.

Day 11 prompt: Trying to get someone to talk.

Day 12 prompt: Arguing over a check at a restaurant.

Day 13 prompt: Baby talk.

Day 14 prompt: Stunned disbelief.

Day 15 prompt: Response to failure.

Day 16 prompt: Saying something a character immediately regrets.

Day 17 prompt: Slang.

Day 18 prompt: Telling a joke.

Day 19 prompt: Good news!

Day 20 prompt: Not wanting to say good-bye.

For the 2016 Dialogue-Writing Challenge prompts, go here.

For the 2015 Dialogue-Writing Challenge prompts, go here.

These are a great way to practice your chops at writing dialogue. Then in the fall, look for our annual Scene-Writing Challenge.