As You Know, Bob…

Perhaps your name isn't Bob, but this post could still be for you, if you're a beginning fiction writer.  One of the difficult parts of writing is creating believable dialogue, and one of the easy traps to fall into is called As You Know, Bob, or AYKB.

It stems from the writer's need to convey information about the world of the story to readers who don't know it yet.  Dialogue between story characters might seem like the perfect opportunity to convey the information, since dialogue stands out ...