We Don’t Talk Like This – Dialogue in Fiction

Imagine a stream. In places it runs shallow and fast. In other places there are eddies and deep pools where the water moves slowly if at all. Here and there you’ll find boulders breaking the surface of that stream, places to cross. Some of the boulders are big and flat, making it easy to find your footing. Others are small and slippery, treacherous but manageable if one is careful. Some of these boulders are on the edge of depthless, deadly whirlpools. Others offer a quick skip across ankle-...