Dialogue Category
Goldilocks and the Three Kinds of Dialogue
Posted on October 24, 2012 1 Comment
Dialogue in fiction is not simply people chatting away about their day. It’s supposed to do a lot of hard work: characterize the speaker, advance the plot, convey subtext. In a writing workshop that I’m taking this fall, the instructor, author Adam Stumacher, gave us some great advice about dialogue that I wanted to share […]
Dialogue That Multitasks
Posted on June 19, 2012 6 Comments
While at the library last night, I glanced at a copy of the July 2012 issue of The Writer and a quote from ZZ Packer on the cover caught my eye. It was about dialogue and prompted me to open to the article and read the interview. I thought I’d share what she said about […]
Tracy Staedter 