Episode 231 - Techniques to make our dialogue grab readers.

from Essential Guide to Writing a Novel · host James Thayer

Dialogue is like a Snickers candy bar: it's good. Here are eight techniques for making conversations in our story engage the reader, things we should do and things we should avoid. Also, how did Sue Monk Kidd handle her first rejection? And Meg Cabot on how to keep going so we finish our story.Support the showBuy the master class.

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