The Dialogue Doctor Podcast Jeff Elkins

In this Episode, Jeff meets up with some of the Dialoggers (members of the Dialogue Doctor Community) to talk about the movie the Big Short and discuss how to craft a story with multiple vehicle characters.
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In this episode, Dialogue Doctor Coach Laura Humm is joined by author Danielle Boneau. Together they edit one of Danielle's scenes and talk about how to give it a greater emotional impact. They discuss balancing drama with facts in historical fiction, expressing emotions through character vocalizations, using the surroundings to amplify emotions, and slowing down to increase the emotional power of the scene.
For more on writing amazing dialogue and powerful characters, check out https://dialoguedoctor.com/

In this episode, Jeff sits down with first time author Matt Brook to talk about the beats of his first story. Matt comes to Jeff with a summary of the story, and they work together to find the scenes in the summary. They talk about how to find the confidence you need to finish your book, goals as an author, whether or not you should be worried about genre conventions, and how to take a summary of a story and find the scenes you need to make it work. Jeff shows Matt how to find a beat inside each story.
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In this episode, Jeff, JP, and Laura (the Dialogue Doctor Coaches) join forces to talk about what they've learned in the last three years, their favorite moments, what they hope to attempt in the future, what is coming in the fall of 2024, and other things.
For more from the Dialogue Doctor Coaches, go to https://dialoguedoctor.com/

In this episode, Dialogue Doctor Coach JP Rindfleisch IX works with Author Viver Israel to refine the characters in her cast. They start off by talking through JP and Viver's Story Hypothesis and how Viver's characters change. They talk through Viver's main character's voice and major voice modulations, and then they look at the voices of Viver's other cast members and how they all relate to one another.
To find more of JP's work, check out https://www.jprindfleischix.com/
To learn more about writing dialogue, go to https://dialoguedoctor.com/

In this episode, Dialogue Doctor Coach JP Rindfleisch sits down with narrator and audio producer Kirt Graves to talk about audiobook production. Kirt shares about how his history in debate and growing up gay helped him built the super power of empathy. He talks about how he collaborates with authors, the role of the author in a narration project, and how to give the narrator good notes. JP and Kirt also talk about working on queer books and why representation is important.
To find more of Kirt's work or to hire Kirt, check out https://www.kirtreads.com/
To find Kirt's podcast Hoof and Fang, go to https://www.hoofandfangpodcast.com/
For more on writing dialogue, check out https://dialoguedoctor.com/