MONDAY 2nd March — Weekly Focus + Goals
Focus: Dialogue That Sounds Like Humans 🗣️
This week we’re working on dialogue that feels natural, specific, and purposeful (not like two robots exchanging plot points).
Try this (10 mins):Take one dialogue exchange from your draft and do a quick “dialogue pass”:
🔸Cut one line that repeats information
🔸Add one small human detail (interruption, hesitation, misdirection, subtext)
🔸Make sure each character sounds slightly different (word choice, rhythm)
Reply below with your goal for the week:
✳️What I’m writing:
✳️My goal by Friday:
✳️One dialogue problem I have: (too stiff / too long / too on-the-nose / etc.)
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Teresa Heffernan
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MONDAY 2nd March — Weekly Focus + Goals
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