"Readers take in dialogue one thought at a……" — Sol Stein
"Readers take in dialogue one thought at a time. A frequent mistake of beginners is to combine thoughts, which may be suitable for other forms of writing but not for dialogue. Another mistake is speechifying. Three sentences at a time is tops, yet many beginners write speeches that go on and on."
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13 Quotes by Sol Stein
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A reader's emotions can be sparked with few words. That's the power of dialogue.
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Dialogue is a lean language in which every word counts.
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Most of the time, tough, combative, adversarial dialogue is much more exciting than physical action.
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Dialogue, contrary to popular view, is not a recording of actual speech; it is a semblance of speech, an invented…
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To create tension, dialogue needs to be stretched out. That is, characters should not be immediately responsive.
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In our not-yet-acknowledged secret garden lie the seeds of some of our best not-yet-written stories
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I see manuscripts and books that are spoiled for the literary reader because they are one long stream of top-of-the-head…
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A writer writes what other people only think.
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Our instinct as human beings is to provide answers, to ease tension. As writers our job is the opposite, to…
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The expert magician seeks to deceive the mind, rather than the eye.
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The biggest difference between a writer and a would-be writer is their attitude toward rewriting. . . . Unwillingness to…
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Readers, transformed by film and TV, are used to seeing stories. The reading experience . . . is increasingly visual.
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