A
Monologue about Dialogue (Part 2) (Click
here to read Part 1.)
As you
may have guessed, sloppy dialogue technique is a pet peeve
of mine. The furry little bastard yaps whenever I read fiction
from beginners, jarring me out of the story. Consider this
column an extended plea to help me starve it to death.
This article is no longer available online.
Read it in Matthew Warner's new collection
Horror Isn't a 4-Letter Word:
Essays on Writing & Appreciating the Genre
Matthew
Warner is the author of the critically acclaimed first novel
The
Organ Donor and a forthcoming story in Cemetery Dance magazine.
He lives in Falls Church, VA, with illustrator and web designer
Deena Warner. Stop by his website and say hi.
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