Left Coast Crime Recap 3 – Dialogue, Plotters and Pantsers

Dialogue, Plotters, and Pantsers

I’m covering my notes from 2 Left Coast Crime panels in today’s post. If you missed the previous posts, Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here.

Panel 1

Dialogue

Panelists ranged from an author of 13th century medieval England to one writing about contemporary Texas.

Dialogue is important because it reveals the personality of the characters. However, it’s selective, not realistic. It sounds like speech, but is ruthlessly compressed.

One topic touched upon was writin...