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kennyc · 01-12-2010, 07:50 AM

Good advice from mojoe above.

The thing with dialog (as with everything else in a story) is that it must advance the plot or story or provide insight to the characters etc. It must have a reason for being there and being dialog instead of description or action.

Here are a couple of links:

http://fictionwriting.about.com/od/c...p/dialogue.htm

http://www.sfwriter.com/ow08.htm

http://www.right-writing.com/natural.html

http://www.musik-therapie.at/PederHi...gue&Detail.htm

01-12-2010, 07:50 AM	#9
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,922 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Good advice from mojoe above. The thing with dialog (as with everything else in a story) is that it must advance the plot or story or provide insight to the characters etc. It must have a reason for being there and being dialog instead of description or action. Here are a couple of links: http://fictionwriting.about.com/od/c...p/dialogue.htm http://www.sfwriter.com/ow08.htm http://www.right-writing.com/natural.html http://www.musik-therapie.at/PederHi...gue&Detail.htm Last edited by kennyc; 01-12-2010 at 07:52 AM. Reason: added link