Never underestimate the importance of dialogues. The ability to create virtuoso dialogue often distinguishes a brilliant writer from a mediocre one, and dialogue is always the most dynamic and lively ...
Given how fraught writing for publication can be, it’s understandable for faculty to perceive the process as dehumanizing. Even soul-crunching, as one of our colleagues lamented. College and ...
When my teenage son picked up “Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing” (Morrow, 96 pp., $14.95), it fell open to Rule 3: “Never use a verb other than ‘said’ to carry dialogue.” “I wish my teachers could ...
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The 3 things every line of dialogue has to do
Sometimes you’re reading a script or watching something, and you get the distinct impression that whoever wrote the dialogue ...
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