"I can't really write unless I have quite a strong sense of what it is the characters want from each other because that's what propels the scene forward, that's what kind of creates the narrative of the scene, that's what creates the type of language that the characters use..."
Click here to listen to or read a 15-minute interview with playwright Mark Ravenhill, in which he discusses how he creates convincing dialogue.
This is part of the Open University's Writing Lab series.
