The Power of Dialogue: More Than Just Spoken Words
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How to Turn Good Dialogue into Great Dialogue
We fiction writers want to write terrific dialogue. After all, dialogue is the “make or break” element in a story….
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How to Show Meaningful Character Action in Dialogue Scenes
This is such an important aspect to writing dialogue, I want to share this post with you that I wrote…
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The Art of Masterful Fiction Dialogue
Writing great dialogue is probably the hardest skill fiction writers need to acquire. If you’ve tried your hand at it,…
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The 8 Essentials to Writing a Commercially Successful Novel – Enrollment Open!
The secret to writing a successful novel lies in being able to identify what’s missing in your scenes and using…
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The Secret Formula to Writing the Commercially Successful Novel
I’ve been writing novels for more than three decades, and while I have learned a lot about how unpredictable the…
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Using Dialogue in Scenes to Reveal Character
Dialogue is perhaps the best tool in the writer’s toolbox. Through it, writers can reveal things about character and plot,…
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Writing Authentic Dialogue in Memoir
Dialogue is the epitome of “showing” instead of telling. Dialogue brings characters to life and engages readers. If we have…
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Handling Backstory in Dialogue in Your Opening Pages
So many new writers start their books with pages—even chapters—of backstory. They want to tell the reader all about the…
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