Tips on WRITING DIALOGUE
By Julie Hyzy
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This short, ten-page, article derived from bestselling author Julie Hyzy's popular presentation on writing dialogue, is available now. New and seasoned authors have paid up to $50 to hear Julie's tips on how to make your character's conversations zing. If you're interested in crafting dialogue that is both realistic and snappy, don't pass this up.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lots of examples of what to do/what not to do, and a very quick read, it took me about ten minutes and I have some ideas on how to improve my writing.
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Tips on WRITING DIALOGUE - Julie Hyzy
WRITING DIALOGUE
Julie Hyzy
SMASHWORDS EDITION
Copyright 2011 Julie Hyzy
Smashwords Edition License Notes:
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form or by any mechanical means without permission in writing from the author. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to any businesses or locale, is purely coincidental.
Writing Dialogue
Have you ever picked up a self-help book at the bookstore? Let me give you an example: How to lose 15 pounds in 2 hours.
(No such title exists, which is why I chose it.) Seems to me all self-help books start out the same way—with pages and pages of definitions. Instead of giving the reader actual tools to lose those fifteen pounds in an hour, the authors cover topics such as emotional ties to food, the human digestive system, and basic nutrition.
Okay, but if I pick up a book because I want to lose fifteen pounds in an hour, I don’t want a hundred pages telling me what a