"I came from a playwriting background, so I really enjoy writing dialogue. One trick I’ve used..."

“I came from a playwriting background, so I really enjoy writing dialogue. One trick I’ve used since those early days is to enlist friends as actors to read dialogue aloud with me, taking out all the attributions.

 

Does it flow like a real conversation? Does each character have a consistent personality? Sometimes it’s easiest to tell when you hear it aloud!”

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Heidi Heilig is the author of the YA historical fantasy The Girl From Everywhere and the sequel, The Ship Beyond Time. She holds an MFA from NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. She is bipolar, biracial, and pansexual, and enjoys surprise twist endings.

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