This 2 hour workshop is led by Tammye Huf

Dialogue is often crucial to a story, but it can be tricky to get it right. In this workshop, we will look at the technical aspects of writing dialogue as well as the creative opportunities we can find in good dialogue. We will discuss what makes dialogue resonate with readers or fall flat on the page, and explore the ways in which good dialogue is much more than what one character says to another. Dialogue has to feel realistic, even though it’s not a true reflection of the way real people speak, and it should reflect a character’s personality and state of mind, while adding meaning and texture.

*For this workshop, you are invited to bring a section of dialogue (up to 300 words) that isn’t working yet for us to explore on the day.

Location & Access: This workshop takes place online, on zoom. Once you purchase a ticket you will be emailed the zoom link and joining instructions. If you have any access requirements please let us know.

For further information or questions please email [email protected].

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The theme for Covert Literary Magazine Issue 4 is Handmade/Made By Hand. We welcome Guest Editors Sean Wai Keung and Titilayo Farukuoye, who are based in Glasgow, Scotland, and Elaine Chiew, who is based in the South East of England. Our Editorial Team includes Elaine Chiew, Zita Holbourne, Akila Richards, Tammye Huf and Amy Zamarripa Solis

For our theme, we are thinking of all things food, arts and crafts — and more. That lace doily or the knitted cardigan. The homemade dumplings, chapatis, tortillas, stew, breads and chutneys. The artisan made guitars, drums and other musical instruments. Rugs, tapestry, beaded work, stained glass. Even nail art. What can you think of that is made by hand? How might your craft and writing practices cross-fertilise? How do these other creative practices open up personal, social, cultural, historical or intersectional insights?

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