Episode 232 - More on making our dialogue engaging for readers.
About this episode
This episode discusses techniques for making dialogue more engaging for readers and includes insights from V.S. Naipaul's writing rules.
Readers love dialogue. It's as if they are part of the scene, sitting there and listening to our characters argue or romance each other or plan something important. Here are additional techniques to grip readers with our dialogue. Also: V.S. Naipaul's rules of writing. Here is a 20-episode master class on fiction writing—a start-to-finish course covering plot, characters, dialogue, scenes, sentence-level craft, and much more. Each episode is focused and about 30 m...
More episodes of Essential Guide to Writing a Novel
- Episode 233 - Peeling the onion.
- Episode 231 - Techniques to make our dialogue grab readers.
- Episode 230 - Creating a dastardly villain.
- Episode 229 - Juice up the setting.
- Episode 228 - Avoiding dullness in our story.
- Episode 227 - Becoming a close observer.
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