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10 September, 2007

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Dialect Writing
with Patrika Vaughn

REGISTRATION:

COST, LENGTH, PREREQUISITES:

No prerequisites.

Regular course: $200 / 8 weeks. Click here to register

Extended schedule: $250 / 16 weeks. Click here to register

For questions about this COURSE, e-mail Patrika Vaughn at

Dialect is heard with the eyes. It is one of the most contrived elements of fiction and must be handled well to avoid turning characters into superficial stereotypes. Learn ways to create dialogue that sounds real.

Dialect Writing, an 8-week class covering the principles of using dialect and includes specifics and examples of the following dialects: British, Cockney, Australian, Irish, Scottish, German, Yiddish, French and Italian. Indications of the general characteristics and mind-sets of peoples from these ethnic areas is included to help you draw believable characters.

Week 1: The Job of Dialogue: to convey information, advance the plot, make compicated developments understandable, and to define and reveal character.

Week 2: Using Dialect to Reveal Character

Week 3: Aspects of Dialect: rhythm, word choice, foreign terms, slang

Week 4: Aspects of Dialect: jargon, gestures, world view, metaphors

Week 5: Individual Dialects and their MakeUp: British, Cockney and Australian

Week 6: Individual Dialects and their MakeUp: Irish and Scottish

Week 7: Individual Dialects and their MakeUp: German and Yiddish

Week 8: Individual Dialects and their MakeUp: French and Italian

Patrika Vaughn has served as a literary agent, a professional writer, ghostwriter, publisher and teacher for 25 years.

Her works have appeared in more than 100 national journals and magazines and she is listed in The International Authors and Writers Who's Who. Her books, tapes and seminars have gained audiences from Florida to Finland. Awards include: Order of Excellence, Who's Who in the 21st Century, Also listed in Outstanding People of the 21st Century.

She is the world's leading Author's Advocate(TM), dedicated to showing today's writers how to become successful in today's changing publishing climate.