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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.3
EAN: 9781582972893
ISBN: 1582972893
Label: Writers Digest Books
Manufacturer: Writers Digest Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: October 26, 2004
Publisher: Writers Digest Books
Studio: Writers Digest Books
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How do some writers craft conversation so authentic, it feels like they've been eavesdropping? What's the secret behind getting characters to talk to each other? How can writers make their dialogue sing?
Answers to all of these questions and more can be found in Gloria Kempton's in-depth look at this crucial component of fiction. Readers will learn how to create dialogue that sizzles, with tips on:
* Creating dialogue for specific genres
* Bringing characters to life with revealing dialogue
* Identifying and fixing common dialogue problems
Each chapter features numerous examples of successful dialogue drawn from bestselling novels, and chapter-ending exercises help readers apply the lessons learned. This is one book that will get readers talking!
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I'm happy with the content...
Learned lots of new and interesting stuff..
MJL
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Write Great Fiction - Dialogue (Write Great Fiction)
Miss Kempton has put it all on paper that makes it so easy for any writer to craft dialogue that brings their characters to life. I have found this book so important, I keep it close at hand as I attempt to weave my characters' voices to make my readers feel their emotions.
BUY IT - - - USE IT!
Mike Phelps
Author of;
DAVID JANSSEN - MY FUGITIVE (1994)
THE EXECUTION OF JUSTICE (2008)
DELAYED JUSTICE (2008)
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This book contains all of the advice on dialogue I've read anywhere and much more. It is much better than the book by Tom Chiarella who has a whole chapter on listening to people talk by including psychological advice on how to crowd people. Kempton advises listening, end of story. While typing people into only nine personality categories doesn't seem to account for all of us, it is useful for the writer to choose such a type for each character. I may expand the list. She includes teen dialogue.
More to the point she talks about how to weave dialogue, action, and narrative so it is much broader than it sounds.
Eloise Hamann
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Dialogue by Gloria Kempton has some sound advice for writing dialogue. While not perfect, those giving it such bad reviews seem more interested in explaining their opinions rather than objectively explain why it's a bad book. Certainly a review must have personal opinion, but an objective criticism that cites clear specific examples and compares that to better books is far more convincing. The people who gave such low scores on this book provide no such information, so even if I was convinced that this book was awful, I wouldn't immediately know where else to look for a better book on dialogue.
Someone who is curious about how to write dialogue would do well to get this book. The chapters focus on clear, distinctive aspects of dialogue and, like the other books in the "Write Great Fiction" series, show how the other elements (such as plot, description, characters, etc.) tie into dialogue. The book does tend to use a tad bit more literary examples than I would like, (I'd prefer ... Read More
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I read the few reviews that were available on this book before I purchased it. That said, I wasn't expecting the dead-on, delightfully comedic, phychology behind every chapter written!! I found myself thinking '...who is this author and how does she know my every thought, my every fear and my every excuse to put off until tomorrow what I should have done last year.' I have taken one of her on-line writing classes and found it to be a non-productive experience (for myself). But she deserves 5 STARS--connecting very well with each of her students--via her own written word. I HIGHLY RECCOMMEND HER BOOK.
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