Anyway the program was very interesting. IDorothy Howell presented some very valuable information relative to writing dialogue.
Writing dialogue requires technique. There are so many things to keep in mind:
- What do you want to accomplish?
- How old is the person and are there other considerations like educational level, what they do for a living, etc.
- Using dialogue as a device to set a scene, break up lots of narrative, or make a particular point.
- Remembering that interesting dialogue doesn't necessarily follow strict grammatical rules. Make it sound natural.
- Write tight.
- ...and much, much more.
I was really happy to have attended and will go to more of their meetings.
Tomorrow I'll go back to writing about the creation of A DREAM LOST and THE DEVIL'S DUE. For now, I'm enjoying my cool house.
--Arliss
