Prompts For Writing Dialogues
Crafting a dialogue can be one of the hardest parts in storytelling. Practice creating a realistic dialogue for every character with these prompts.
1Craft a conversation composed only of questions.
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Two people have just gotten into an argument! Describe who they are and what they’re arguing about within the dialogue.
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3Write the rest of a conversation where the first line is “I never knew it would be this difficult.”
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Two best friends are having a heart-to-heart conversation. What are they saying?
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5A group of travelers from different countries meet at a bar. How do they discuss their similarities and differences.
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Two characters are locked in a room where they’re avoiding the elephant in the room: a potential romance between them. How does their conversation go?
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7Write a dialogue for a person who is talking to their parents about something they’re passionate about. What are the parents' responses?
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Anxiety before a performance has left a character reeling. What are they telling themselves in their head?
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Use these four words in a conversation: "uncanny," "gruesome," "running," "occurrence."
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10Recreate—and finish—a conversation you once heard in a public place between strangers.
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Write a conversation starting with this line: “Don’t panic and don’t make any sudden movements.”
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12Write in the voice of a character who speaks mostly in slang.
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Write a conversation between a mother and her teenage child that occurs over text messages.
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Two characters are trying to describe the same event, but in radically different ways. What do these conversations look like?
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15A character is responding to another’s ad in a online post. How does the conversation go?
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Dialogue tags are the words after a line of dialogue like “said,” “whispered,” and “asked.” Write a conversation without using them.
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Reveal someone’s life story only through dialogue.
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Write a conversation where the two-people involved want two very different things, focusing on the tension.
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