How to Write Dialogue
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How do you properly format dialogue? How can you write dialogue unique to each of your characters? Is it okay to start a chapter with dialogue? Writers all agree that great dialogue helps make great fiction, but it's not as easy to write as it looks. In "How to Write Dialogue: A Busy Writer's Guide" you'll learn - how to format your dialogue, - how to add variety to your dialogue so it's not always "on the nose," - when you should use dialogue and when you shouldn't, - how to convey information through dialogue without falling prey to As-You-Know-Bob Syndrome, - how to write dialogue unique to each of your characters, - how to add tension to your dialogue, - whether it's ever okay to start a chapter with dialogue, - ways to handle contractions (or the lack thereof) in science fiction, fantasy, and historical fiction, - tricks for handling dialect, - and much more! Each book in the Busy Writer's Guides series is intended to give you enough theory so that you can understand why things work and why they don't, but also enough examples to see how that theory looks in practice. In addition, they provide tips and exercises to help you take it to the pages of your own story with an editor's-eye view.
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