11/14 workshop in minimum

Today, I went in alone and did a dialogue-writing workshop. The women and I began by discussing what it means to write dialogue -- convey in writing a conversation between two people without relying on description. All of the prompts to follow were restricted to written speech only, no narration.
The first warm-up prompt was short and silly: think of a person you know at this point in your life, and write out a dialogue between that person and yourself as a 10-year-old. We wrote for about 5 minutes, some were eager to share their work...
The second prompt was more restrictive: I have them a setting (backstage of some show, dressing room), and they could write their dialogue using 3-word utterances (each of the statements/responses in the conversation had to be 3 words long). We wrote for maybe about 10 minutes, and shared again.
The last and longest assignment was more open: they were to write a dialogue between 2 people talking about another person. I warned the women that once they begin writing, I will intermittently interrupt them with prompts that they could work into their dialogue. So a few minutes into the writing, I asked them to include a rhetorical question; a little later -- an apology. Finally, the "third person" in the initial dialogue was to walk in and join/interrupt the conversation. We wrapped up after that prompt, and most women shared their work.
The feedback that I got from the women was generally positive. Three women hung around after the workshop was over to chat; they told me that they liked being challenged, because they write regularly and well but are not used to being restricted/stimulated by specific prompts. I also got feedback from other people that they found the workshop fun. As far as my perception goes... I think a significant part of today's experience was that it started off light-hearted and almost autobiographical, so there wasn't too much pressure to "write something good". I was pretty impressed with their work [especially with the energy in the 3-line dialogues, actually] and, from their enthusiasm/support for one another when they shared, generally thought that the workshop went well. It did feel a little off-balance at times, because one or two women were *really* enthusiastic about the exercise, and others were getting stuck at times. But generally people seemed to be on the same page.