Provides practical guidelines for one of the essential elements of true partnership--learning how to talk together in honest and effective ways. Reveals how problems between managers and employees, and between companies or divisions within a larger corporation, stem from an inability to conduct a successful dialogue. DLC: Communication in management.

Craft Compelling Dialogue

When should your character talk, what should (or shouldn't) he say, and when should he say it? How do you know when dialogue–or the lack thereof–is dragging down your scene? How do you fix a character who speaks without the laconic wit of the Terminator?

Write Great Fiction: Dialogue by successful author and instructor Gloria Kempton has the answers to all of these questions and more! It's packed with innovative exercises and instruction designed to teach you how to:

• Create dialogue that drives the story
  
  
• Weave dialogue with narrative and action
  
  
• Write dialogue that fits specific genres
  
  
• Avoid the common pitfalls of writing dialogue
  
  
• Make dialogue unique for each character

Along with dozens of dialogue excerpts from today's most popular writers, Write Great Fiction: Dialogue gives you the edge you need to make your story stand out from the rest.

Easy to understand and implement tips on how to make dialogue work for you and your book. Learn what dialogue can and should be doing for your book, the two things dialogue absolutely shouldn't be, plus how to fix those issues if you have them. Then, best of all, learn 14 techniques that will make your dialogue pop and your characters come to life.

Added bonus content: Great Starts, what the opening of your novel should have/do.