dialogue

Dialogue is the essential bones of any good story, and breaks up long passages of description so the reader doesn’t have a chance to get bored.

Some other advantages of using dialogue include:

• It reflects the speaker’s character;
• It moves the story forward;
• It provides crucial information to the story;
• It highlights the relationship between the characters;
• It provides the story with good drama, comedy, mood, and tension.

So it’s important to get it right! Here are my tips for writing good dialogue:

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