This session is free with panel enrollment, but space is limited and advanced registration is required. You can sign up via this link, or through our Breakaway Sessions page. Crafting compelling dialogue is one of writing’s biggest challenges. George Saunders says, “The biggest pitfall is the assumption that dialogue in fiction should mimic dialogue in real life. So there’s lots of faithful rendering that should get left out.” But if our dialogue shouldn’t mimic real life, how can we make it believable? Join the discussion as two authors share their approach to crafting dialogue—learn what strategies they use, if any, to convey authentic conversations, and how they manage to filter out the real life talk that does not translate to the page.
