"Is dialogue necessary?"

"Poppy Field" by Claude Monet. Image courtesy of Pixabay.com.

To dialogue or not to dialogue? What does dialogue do for fiction? Is it necessary? Generally recommended? Vital? Or is it completely optional and its absence has no bearing on the quality or palatability of the writing?
Dear Writer,

Nonfiction writers regularly do not include dialogue in their work. In many cases, we would find it
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Published on March 08, 2019 14:11
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