Sunday Writers Salon

Great dialogue does more than sound realistic. It reveals desire, tension, power, vulnerability, and everything left unsaid. In this workshop, writers will explore how to craft dialogue that feels alive, layered, and unforgettable.

Through guided exercises, participants will learn how characters speak, avoid, persuade, clash, and connect. Writers will leave with new tools to write dialogue driven by hidden desire, explore tension through silence and avoidance, build distinct voices for different characters, and create conflict, humor, intimacy, and subtext through conversation.

By the end of the session, ordinary exchanges become compelling scenes.

Facilitator: Eli Villamán is a multidisciplinary writer and educator whose work blends literature, visual arts, and storytelling. Trained in narrative and creativity studies, she is a novelist, screenwriter, actress, director, and creative writing teacher. She founded Escribir es HOY and has led creative writing workshops across Europe and the United States, including at Hugo House in Seattle, and has collaborated…