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This is the last bit about dialogue and revision. All characters need to sound like individuals. I often find when I do the rough draft of a...

In dialogue the words must be spoken by someone. As we saw before too many lines of dialogue without letting the reader know who's up ca...

Dialogue is essential to a story and making the dialogue shine is important.  Dialogue can be tricky. If you listen to what happens when two...

Part of looking at your characters is considering their dialogue. Have you ever read a book where all the characters sound like each other? ...

A lot has been said about Dialogue. Don't expect to get it right during the first draft. I know I don't. First or Rough Drafts for ...

 Dialogue in fiction must serve a purpose. There are also several things to be aware of The choice of words, the pacing of what the speaker ...

 On to a new subject using a bit inspired by Becoming Your Own Critique Partner." This time it's to talk about Dialogue. Sometimes ...

Reading Bird By Bird and came to the chapter on Dialogue. This is a great book and inspires me every time I read it. Not going to talk much...

http://www.thepassivevoice.com/10/2013/new-rule-no-more-binge-publishing/ http://thevioletfemmes.wordpress.com/2013/10/31/say-it-again-sa...

Perhaps this is more of a writer's tip but the essay by Bill Pronzini struck me as interesting. Years ago, when I began writing I disco...

What's a story without dialogue? Dialogue is one of the elements that keep a novel moving forward. In Elements of the Novel, Eileen Cha...

Before I became a writer, I was a reader. I tended to be a binge reader. I would either choose a writer and read all their books or I would...

Now that you've decided to look at dialogue to revise, how do you go about this. When I first began writing, I used to take segments whe...

Last night while flipping the challenges I stopped and listened to a bit about the lyrebird and was totally amazed to hear how accurately th...