Presented by Christine DeSmet and Peggy Joque Williams

Are you a discerning reader or reviewer? Are you a writer ready to sharpen what’s on the page of your manuscript? Many of today’s books and stories are dialogue-driven. Of course what’s on the screen is, too. What creates dazzling and dynamic dialogue versus lazy and lame? Effective writers use dialogue techniques to bring excitement and plot to the page. And what if the page or screen they face is empty? A writer need only grab a dialogue technique to re-boot the creativity. Two experienced, award-winning writers and professional writing coaches share proven techniques in this session. 

Christine DeSmet is a writing coach and developmental editor, an award-winning writer, and former long-time Distinguished Faculty Associate with UW-Madison Continuing Studies. She writes the Fudge Shop Mystery Series set in Door County, Wis. including the new release Holly Jolly Fudge Folly. She also authored the Mischief in Moonstone Series (novellas) set near Superior. She and Peggy Williams have optioned screenplays including an award-winning screenplay to New Line Cinema . Christine’s new projects include a new mystery series and children’s picture books. Her memberships: Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, and Writers Guild of America.