Bibliograph

You talkin' to me?, how to write great dialogue, Linda Seger, John Rainey

Type

Label

You talkin' to me?, how to write great dialogue, Linda Seger, John Rainey

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

You talkin' to me?

Oclc number

1124776295

Responsibility statement

Linda Seger, John Rainey

Sub title

how to write great dialogue

Summary

"There are many challenges and pitfalls to writing great dialogue. Many inexperienced writers create wooden dialogue, on-the-nose dialogue, awkward expositional dialogue, dialogue that cannot be easily spoken, or same-sounding dialogue that fails to differentiate characters. In this book, each chapter will look at a different issue, will analyze the issue, and give examples of great dialogue from films and novels. Also, we will use dialogue from adaptations so the book will be helpful to both novelists and screenwriters. Each chapter will end with examples of poor dialogue that will be annotated by Linda and then re-written by John. We will cover the many issues that confront writers when writing any kind of story, whether fiction or non-fiction"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Defining great dialogue -- Revealing the character -- Establishing the unique world -- Stating the intention -- Exploring the conflict -- Communicating the Theme -- Writing subtext beneath the lines -- Using sensory images -- Communicating through dialects and accents -- Shading dialogue with poetry -- Writing dialogue for animals, aliens, and other critters -- Avoiding red flags <br>

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Are you talking to me?

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