How to Write Dialogue – Isabel Wolff #Romance15
Write your dialog like a pro!
Originally posted on romance festival:
Best-selling novelist Isabel Wolff offers her tips on how to write dialogue.
Dialogue is what happens when two or more fictional characters talk to each other. We���ve all read novels in which that conversation is conveyed very awkwardly and this clumsiness pulls us out of the book. Good dialogue, on the other hand, is a pleasure to read, and helps the novel dance along.
Dialogue performs several functions ��� it moves the story forward, reveals how the characters relate to each other, and creates or builds tension. It also provides a break from the longer descriptive passages which require more concentration from the reader. I know many people who, before buying a book, will open it to see how much dialogue there is. Too little white space, and they���re deterred.
To write successful, realistic sounding dialogue you have to develop an ear for how people talk ��� their vocabulary and���
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