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Dialogue That Speaks: Writing Conversations Readers Can Hear

Dialogue That Speaks: Writing Conversations Readers Can Hear

Paperback

Series: The Pro Book Editor's Toolkit, Book 1

General ReferenceWriting InstructionSelf-Help

ISBN13: 9798993955414
Publisher: True Haven Press
Published: May 1 2026
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Write dialogue worth eavesdropping on.

Your plot is tight. Your characters are compelling. But every time they open their mouths, something falls flat.

Maybe your dialogue sounds stilted, or all your characters speak with suspiciously similar voices. Maybe you've been told your conversations are on the nose, but no one's explained what that means or how to fix it. Maybe the mechanics trip you up: dialogue tags, action beats, punctuation that never quite looks right.

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