DialogueQuest

DialogueQuest's 5-character supporting cast embodies dialogue-craft primitives — branch meaningfulness / weighted choice (Sprig), subtext / surface-vs-implied (Glance), tag balance / attribution rhythm (Weigh), voice consistency / cross-line check (Brogue), and rhythm + silence / productive pause (Rest). Following the MotifLab hero-as-protagonist pattern, Patter (the two-toned speech-bubble mascot + AI dialogue coach) remains the protagonist + relational anchor; cast members are conversational archetypes Patter keeps in his pocket-workshop. Cast fades by kit 12 so kits 13-16 (tree building + anthology + cross-cluster export) read as integrative. Voice-consistency-by-example design: each cast member speaks with a distinct register so the kid sees voice-craft as a LIVED skill (not just a graded one). Mascotizing gate: NO character is named after the craft term — Sprig (not 'Branch'), Glance (not 'Subtext'), Weigh (not 'Tag-balance'), Brogue (not 'Voice'), Rest (not 'Silence'). Brogue's old-country accent is DELIBERATELY non-specific (not any real dialect — folk-storyteller archetype). Mentor reconciliation.

Level 1

Dialogue Studio

Short hands-on craft drills. Tap the strongest choice; a gentle note explains the craft every time.

Punctuate the Dialogue ✦ Fix the quotation marks, commas and capitals in a line of speech. Read the Subtext Pick what a character REALLY means beneath what they say. Show, Don’t Tell Choose the line that reveals feeling through action, not labels. Mixed Studio round A shuffled mix of all three drills.

✦ new on the web — a drill the iOS app doesn’t have yet.

Concept kits

Sixteen short question rounds — the same content as the iOS app — grouped by the four crafts of dialogue.

Voice consistency

Kit 1: Whose voice is this? 3 questions Kit 5: Three voices, three shapes 5 questions Kit 6: Voice crucible 5 questions Kit 10: Listen for the register 5 questions Kit 15: Dialogue craft, across the page 5 questions

Subtext detection

Kit 2: What isn't being said? 3 questions Kit 7: Subtext crucible 5 questions Kit 12: Voice acting choices 5 questions

Tags, beats & pacing

Kit 3: Mix up the way they speak 3 questions Kit 9: Action beats and held silence 5 questions Kit 11: Pauses and pacing 5 questions

Branching & consequence

Kit 4: What does each branch cost? 3 questions Kit 8: Branch consequences 5 questions Kit 13: Export your scene as audio 5 questions Kit 14: Bring it all together 5 questions Kit 16: Drafts, revision, and finishing 5 questions

Meet the cast — the characters who teach this

Each one stands for an idea you’ll practice. Tap a character to read their illustrated story and hear their audio drama.

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