How to Write Great Dialog - Softcover

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How to Write Great Dialog is a how-to book for writers of fiction. It explains why novel dialog is different from natural dialog. It tells what dialog must do and what dialog can do. More than 85 examples are used to show how to capture the power of dialog. Forty exercises, designed to reinforce the key points in the book, encourage the reader to produce strong, engaging dialog.The power of internalization is explained, with cautions on its use. The often tricky problem of attribution is demystified and many examples show how to avoid problems. The concept of a dialog signature is explained and illustrated with examples. The need to consider the audience as well as the speaker is explained and illustrated with examples. Finally, the rules of format and punctuation are clearly defined and simplified through examples.

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