Blah, Blah, Blah: When Dialogue Falls Flat (And How to Fix It!)

Presenters: Nicole J. Person

Host: Lisa Montanaro

March 18, 2021, 7:00pm-8:30pm ET

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Dialogue isn’t just about propelling the plot or allowing your character to voice her thoughts—it’s about power struggles, emotions, backstory, and more. Good dialogue is nuanced, multi-layered, and intentional. It grips the reader’s attention and subtly conveys the unspoken inner lives of our characters. In this class, you will learn how to take your dialogue to the next level. If you’ve been struggling to make your characters sound different from one another, want to add layered tension and unspoken intrigue to your dialogue, or simply want to write conversations that flow smoothly and pack a punch, this class is for you.

Nicole J. Persun is an award-winning and internationally bestselling career author. She’s the host of The Write Inspiration, a podcast designed to motivate, educate, and empower fiction authors. Nicole has a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing & Instruction and is a board member of the Pacific Northwest Writers’ Association.

Nicole got her start publishing fantasy with Booktrope Editions (a small press which has since folded). Her debut, A Kingdom’s Possession, was a finalist for the 2011 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award and Dead of Knight was a winner of the 2013 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award.

Nowadays, Nicole writes book club fiction under the pen name Jennifer Gold. The Ingredients of Us was a 2020 Book Excellence Award Winner and a two-time finalist for the 2020 International Book Award. Her latest release, Keep Me Afloat, was a 2020 Best Book Award finalist. Jennifer Gold’s books are traditionally published by Lake Union Publishing.

In addition to her writing career, Nicole works as a horse caretaker on a large farm in the Pacific Northwest. She fills her spare time with books, animals, and coffee. Learn more at nicolejpersun.com. Listen to her writing podcast at thewriteinspirationpod.com. Discover her recent novels at jennifergoldauthor.com.

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