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‘How Not to Write Dialogue’ (2014)

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I’ll have more to say about this later. Literary crimes are being perpetrated today that hadn’t been invented yet in 2014.

How Not to Write Dialogue

I think back to those days when literary agents and editors used to keelhaul new writers for even the slightest lapses in style and grammar–while at the same time, publishing stuff that was barely recognizeable as English.

If you can’t talk intelligently, you can’t think intelligently.

The prosecution rests, your honor.

‘How Not to Write Dialogue’ (2017)

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Overheard in the stands at a ballgame: overdressed lady asks for a hot dog “with the works.” Vendor replies, “Lady, this is Yankee Stadium. You get a hot dog, a bun, and some mustard. That’s the works.”

And that’s how you learn to write dialogue. You listen.

How Not to Write Dialogue

Yes, there are a thousand ways to write  bad dialogue. It’s a shame we encounter them in books we’ve paid for.