Tell Again Tuesday Show Don’t Tell: Dialogue

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

September 2015 — Show Don’t Tell: Dialogue

 #9 Revision is a Process

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Are you writing the dialogue of fiction or of the reporter?

(Paraphrased from William Noble’s “SHUT UP! HE EXPLAINED, A WRITER’S GUIDE TO THE USES AND MISUSES OF DIALOGUE)

I would amend that quote to: “Are you writing the dialogue of fiction or of the reporter or of an English teacher?

You see, dialogue, whether spoken words or an internalization, should . . .

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