Wright's Writing Corner: Interior Dialogue

Not to be confused with interior decorating. The lovely and talented L. Jagi Lamplighter holds forth on the merits of saying what your characters think.

Interior Dialogue:  Readers don’t trust dialogue.  Have your characters think, and have what they think be juxtaposed to the dialogue, showing a new angle.
 
This one I learned the hard way.
 
When I first started writing novels, I was under the impression that the best writing was like a screen play, all dialogue. So, I set out to write just...