Dialogue: A Socratic Dialogue on the Art of Writing Dialogue in Fictioa Socratic Dialogue on the Art of Writing Dialogue in Fict

by Lewis Turco

Book Overview

Learn how to utilize dialogue to dramatize conflict, the most effective balance between dialogue and other story elements, and the difference between effective dialogue and real speech. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898793491
• ISBN13: 9780898793499
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Good dialogue

Unfortunately, real conversation usually makes for poor literary dialogue. There's an excellent book (called "Dialog" by Lewis Turco and published by Writer's Digest Books) that explains this rather well.