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He Said. She Said. 15 Keys to Writing Great Dialogue

He Said. She Said. 15 Keys to Writing Great Dialogue

by Ruth Harris One of them is lying. Or are both of them lying? You mean maybe both of them are telling the truth? Could be, couldn’t it? No matter which answer is the correct one, what people say and the words with which they say it, will immediately bring your characters—and your book—to life. […]

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Do Your Characters Talk too Much? When to Use Indirect Dialogue

Do Your Characters Talk too Much? When to Use Indirect Dialogue

  …and How to Solve 9 Common Dialogue Problems. by Anne R. Allen I’ve been looking over some of my much-rejected early work and discovered my old stories have way too much dialogue. This is something I see in a lot of newbie fiction. I remember a guy who came into the bookstore where I […]

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Does Your WIP Have Too Much Dialogue?

Does Your WIP Have Too Much Dialogue?

  by Anne R. Allen   I’ve been looking over some of my much-rejected early novels recently and discovered they have something in common with a lot of other unpublished fiction: way too much dialogue. They’re too LOUD. The characters need to shut up already and get on with the story. And yet, in all the […]

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