When my teenage son picked up “Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing” (Morrow, 96 pp., $14.95), it fell open to Rule 3: “Never use a verb other than ‘said’ to carry dialogue.” “I wish my teachers could ...

Use dialogue to enhance storytelling with Miss Defauw. Make writing come alive! Miss Defauw shares a snowy memory and teaches students how to use dialogue to enhance storytelling and bring their ...

In the world of fiction, dialogue is the lifeblood that pumps through the veins of every great story. It’s the invisible thread that weaves characters together, propels plots forward and breathes life ...

It’s the melodrama that gets me — every time. For as long as I as I have been watching TV, I have been attracted to dialogue. And I guess the daytime TV dramas, better known as soap operas were all ...

I’m having trouble writing believable dialogue. Any advice?—Susan S. Good dialogue is essential if you want to attract the attention of an agent or an editor, so it’s well worth putting in the time ...

At the end of a movie, when emotions are already running high, a great line of dialogue can feel like a force of its own. “That’ll do, pig,” from Babe (1995) is one of the finest examples of this. The ...

At last month’s AdventureX 2018 conference, game developer and Inkle Studios co-founder Jon Ingold offered a practical skills workshop about writing better dialogue for games. It involved a lot of ...