In this two-day course, Kate Ellis guides you in adopting a new perspective for writing dialogue. She draws from a variety of acting practices to teach you how to use an actor’s lens to breathe life into your character’s speech, so they sound as individual as the people around you.
Explore how to honour beats, pauses and ellipses, represent vulnerability on the page and find a character’s emotional triggers and delights.
Bring pen and paper or a fully charged device to participate in the writing exercises.
Session 1 | Saturday 2 May from 10am – 1pm
Session 2 | Sunday 3 May from 10am – 1pm
You will learn:
How to use acting techniques to develop multilayered characters
How to deploy acting tips to write dialogue and advance the plot of your story
How to approach the written word in a way that is fun, playful and experimental
How to reinvigorate your creativity in different ways
About the tutor:
Kate Ellis is an acting coach. She has taught actors in Wicked, Rent, Hamilton, Godfather of Harlem, That’s Not Me and Safe Home. She has also taught at acting schools, such as 16th Street Actors studio, the University of Melbourne, TAFTA and schools all over Victoria through initiatives by Drama Victoria and the DET. She has hosted panel discussions for MPavilion, the Victorian Arts Learning Festival and Abbotsford Convent’s Open Spaces. Kate uses acting practices to help writers create compelling characters.
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