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How to Craft Killer Dialogue for Fiction & Creative Non-Fiction

Andrea Johnson
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Pages
254
Year
2023
Language
English
Publisher
Andrea Johnson

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GREAT DIALOGUE CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BESTSELLER AND A BOMB!Sharpen your storytelling by learning How to Craft Killer Dialogue. Ever wondered what techniques Elmore Leonard and Quentin Tarantino used to master the dialogue for their slick and highly quotable crime stories? Want to create the heart-warming introspection found in the mouths and minds of characters by Judy Blume? Or would you prefer to plumb the depths of layered subtext as powerfully displayed in the works of artists like Toni Morrison? Well, look no further. With this comprehensive guide, you will discover those answers and master these techniques:enhancing characterization through vivid dialogueemploying dialogue to create tension and advance the plotrepresenting accents and dialects effectivelyincorporating aspects of the setting into dialogueutilizing dialogue to establish tone and build subtextdeveloping a unique style and cadence for each characterizationrecognizing the difference between direct and indirect dialogueand so much more!Whether you're writing screenplays, short fiction, long fiction, creative non-fiction, or something in between, How to Craft Killer Dialogue is your go-to guide for drafting, revising, and perfecting conversations that readers will quote for years to come.

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