The Pleasures of Dialogue

Q: Share your tips for writing believable dialogue. What separates good dialogue from poor, and how do you strike a balance between too much and too little in a scene/book?

 

-from Susan

 

I love to hear my characters talking. In a way, I’m eavesdropping on them because I don’t always know exactly what they’re going to say when they (I, I guess) open their mouths! Good dialogue has to sound real even though it isn’t. Why not? Because we salt our conversations with words and phrases that give us a co...