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Tag: Dialogue

  • Posted on Wednesday, December 18, 2019
  • by Karen Osborne

How to write when you’re not writing

In 2009, I left my job as a high school English teacher and ran right smack dab into the Great…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2017Sunday, July 9, 2017
  • by Amy Poeppel

“Three-ways are complicated” and other expert advice on dialogue

Calling Debut Authors! Now Accepting Applications for the 2018 Debutante Ball! Read this post to learn more. Hurry! THE DEADLINE…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, May 2, 2017Tuesday, May 2, 2017
  • by Amy Poeppel

Making Tons of Money Writing Fiction? Or “The Case of the Missing Advance”

CAST OF CHARACTERS Scott: An accountant. Hair parted neatly to one side, slightly awkward, mid-thirties, three-piece suit. Anne: A writer.…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2016Tuesday, October 4, 2016
  • by Amy Poeppel

And The Winner is … My top 5 reads? Impossible.

Best books ever? This is going to be so easy! The Art of the Deal The Bible Just kidding No,…

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  • Posted on Thursday, March 21, 2013Wednesday, March 20, 2013
  • by Susan Spann

Deb Susan’s Dialogue Has a Limp and an Eyepatch

In his book, Save the Cat!, Author and screenwriter Blake Snyder advised all writers to give every character “a limp…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2013Saturday, March 2, 2013
  • by DanaB

Deb Dana and The Gift for Gab

Ever writer has her strengths. Some are masters of plot, crafting storylines so tight and complex that readers cannot possibly…

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  • Posted on Friday, December 30, 2011Thursday, August 23, 2012
  • by LindaG

Deb Linda Turns to Dialogue to Avoid Talking to Herself

Since my lovely sister Debs have already covered the subject of dialogue in books so thoroughly this week, I thought…

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  • Posted on Monday, December 26, 2011Thursday, August 23, 2012
  • by JoanneL

Deb Joanne talks about, like, you know, dialogue.

Let me start by saying I love writing dialogue. I’ve been told I’m good at it and have a good…

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