Episode 239 - A method for ramping up our dialogue.

We writers can train ourselves to peel the onion: to look more deeply at places and people, and so set forth our discoveries in lovely language in our stories.  Here's how the masters do it.  Also, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "action is character" is a strong technique for revealing o…

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-epi…

Every element of our story should add interest, including the settings.  What if--because of the plot or characters--we must place a scene in an otherwise dull place?  We can juice it up.  We can make it lively and fascinating.  Here is how the masters do it.   Support the show Buy the master class.

Dialogue is like a Snickers candy bar: it's good.  Here are eight techniques for making conversations in our story engage the reader, things we should do and things we should avoid.  Also, how did Sue Monk Kidd handle her first rejection?  And Meg Cabot on how to keep going so we finish our st…