dialogue – John M. Wills

Writing Authentic Dialogue

I ran across a piece written by Valerie Allen concerning the basics of dialogue that I’d like to share with my fellow writers. Her background is extensive, she is a veteran author and director of several book fairs in Florida. She is also a popular speaker at writers’ conferences, and is co-founder of Authors forContinue reading “Writing Authentic Dialogue”

Dialogue Tips

Dialogue Tips Dialogue should do one of two things: move the plot along or reveal character “Said” and “asked,” are better than the multitude of other dialogue tags such as responded, agreed, etc. Better still, use the character’s action as a dialogue tag instead. “No way.” Dan pulled out his gun. Or use descriptionContinue reading “Dialogue Tips”