How to Make Dialogue Come to Life

How to Make Dialogue Come to Life

Stale dialogue can cause a reader to set a book aside in just a few lines. Learn how to craft dialogue that captivates readers with The Novelry writing coach and New York Times bestselling author, Tara Conklin, and The Novelry senior editor Nic Caws. Explore how your dialogue can be realistic without imitating exactly how people speak, how to convey emotions through showing and not telling, and tips to avoid info-dumping in your dialogue.

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Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

01:44 - Tip #1: The dialogue conundrum

03:34 - Tip #2: Focus on the speaker’s intent

07:04 - Tip #3: Don’t info-dump

13:09 - Tip #4: Show your character

17:47 - Tip #5: Read the dialogue aloud


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Guest Bios

Tara Conklin

Tara Conklin is the New York Times bestselling author of three novels, personal essays, and short stories. Her books have been selected by Read with Jenna, the Today Show Book Club, Barnes & Noble Book Club, Target Book Club, as a No.1 IndieNext Pick and other accolades. Her work has been translated into eight languages. She is based in Seattle.

Nic Caws

Before joining The Novelry, Nic was Senior Commissioning Editor at Headline, part of Hachette, with a particular focus on their boutique romance imprint Headline Eternal, the publishing home of bestselling authors such as Sarah Adams, Erin Sterling and Mariana Zapata.

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Resources

Check out these blog posts for more insight on how to write engaging dialogue:

How to Write Dialogue in Fiction

Show, Don’t Tell

Exposition in a Story


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