Author: Sandy Vaile
Previously published on the Writers in the Storm blog on 3rd August 2023.


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Dialogue in fiction stories is a reliable way of bringing characters to life and immersing readers in their lives, but for it to be effective, it needs to be understood.

As Michel de Montaigne said in his essay, On the Art of Conversation,

The most fruitful and natural exercise of the mind … is conversation.”

​It stimulates thinking, engages facial expressions and has the magic to convey complex ideas t...