The Do’s and Don’ts of Internal Monologue
by K.M. Weiland @ Word Play dialoguestorytellingInternal monologue is one of the many necessary ingredients used to concoct a complete, well-rounded story. Unfortunately, it’s all too often one of the most abused and overused ingredients.
Fiction Writing: Bringing Dialogue to Life
by James @ Men with Pens dialoguefictionA great novel has stunning visual imagery. There’s no way around it; if you can literally “see” the scene in your head, then the book you’re reading reached a fantastic goal. But you can’t make a novel based on description alone. You need dialogue. Good dialogue, interesting dialogue. Characters need to interact and speak to create a novel that people can “see” in their minds
Writing Effective Dialogue
by Laura Fabiani @ NouveauWriter dialogueWriting effective dialogue is a skill. Often, new writers mistake dialogue for everyday conversation between two people. This is not the purpose of dialogue. Dialogue in fiction does not sound like ordinary language, which can be dull, repetitive and very long.
Dialogue in Fiction – What it Can’t Do
by Bill Henderson @ Write a Better Novel dialogue“I got dis crowbar heah, whattya want me tuh dew wid it?”
Can you identify the regional dialect of the speaker? Three guesses. New Yawk? Blue Ridge Mountains? Piedmont South? The answer won’t help you much. It could be any or all.