Woman As Art
You may have read in the pages of this blog that good dialogue is the best tool a writer has for creating character. I believe this is true for three main reasons.
- The character gets to speak in his or her own voice
- Good dialogue moves the story efficiently toward resolution
- Dialogue is action
When a character speaks in his or her own voice, the reader actually “hears” the character. And just like in real life, whether we like to admit it or not, judgements are made about people on what they say and how they say it. Most of the time, dialogue should stand on its own. Don’t tell the reader how a character says something. He said or she said or no qualifier at all is usually, I say usually, enough.
Good dialogue moves the story efficiently toward resolution by providing the reader with “necessary” information on what is going on and on the “agenda” of the speaker.
Dialogue of the deaf (Photo credit: Pensive glance)
Dialogue is action plain and simply. And it breaks up the description and exposition.
The Old Soldier hopes these tips on how to write flash fiction will help.
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