How to Write Great Dialogue
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Ages: 18+
‘How to Write Great Dialogue: For Authors and Editors’ is for those who value developing their personal writing craft and the writing craft of others. It is for anyone who sees the joy in crafting great dialogue.
There are discussions of the basics with explicit details about formatting and ways of making dialogue clearly identifiable for your readers. There are descriptions of techniques which rely on subtlety and putting trust in the reader.
Beyond explaining helpful dialogue theories, this book includes a generous number of practical writing opportunities. These writing exercises are ideal for practicing your own dialogue skills. Doing these exercises, you will be flexing your dialogue writing muscles and improving your dialogue writing skills to help you write great dialogue.
Reviews
‘Through her experienced editorial eye, Jill French offers practical solutions for crafting unforgettable characters, stories, and settings through well-written, well-paced dialogue suitable for any genre or style guide. A fresh perspective on every stage of the writing process - whether you're drafting your first manuscript or refining later versions, you'll find a wealth of useful suggestions to help your characters and narrative truly shine. A highly recommended read.’ Leonora Ross (Award-winning Independent Author)
‘An ideal support for novice writers and published authors alike. Brilliantly exposes all the little tricks and important steps an author needs.’ Maggie Humm (Award-winning Author and Emeritus Professor)
‘This book is structured very clearly to help writers understand the use and importance of dialogue for characterisation, story telling, setting, and much more. It offers advice on all the questions we writers need to answer. It includes exercises and is written in a very helpful and readable way. An excellent comprehensive guide for writers, whatever their genre. I have learnt much about how to enrich my stories through good dialogue.’ Sandy Hogarth (Award-winning Independent Author)
