How To Write Dialogue That Sparkles: The Key To Writing Better Novels, Screenplay Writing: Dialogue Writing Made Simple

by Jim Driver, Jack Davies (Editor)

The surefire way to improve any novel or screenplay… Dialogue must never be dull or inauthentic, or your novel or screenplay will fail. Is your dialogue holding you back? As you know, every bestselling novel or blockbuster screenplay has a great story. The other most important aspect is dazzling dialogue. Let experienced editor, author, publisher and critic Jim Driver show you how writing great dialogue can be fun and simple. Among the topics covered in this concise 26,000-word Don't struggle with dialogue any longer. You’ll find all the answers you need in this entertaining and concise book. Illustrated with examples from hit screenplays and novels, ranging from Graham Greene, F. Scott Fitzgerald and P.G. Wodehouse via pulp fiction classics, to modern icons such as Breaking Bad, J.K. Rowling, and James Patterson. Reviews of Previous “This is a great how-to on dialogue. This author clearly knows his stuff. I'm writing a book for Kindle as a first-time author, and this book was very helpful.” JJ, Amazon.com “I learnt loads from this book. I'm glad that many points and improvements were what I'd been doing already, but there's never any harm in learning more. Definitely recommending this to others!” Amazon Customer, Amazon.co.uk What are you waiting for? Make the move to drastically improve your dialogue writing skills today.

Genres: Writing

142 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2014

Reviews

[J. J. Semmes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great resource

This is a great how to on dialogue. This author clearly knows his stuff. I'm writing a book for kindle as a first time author and this book was very helpful.

[Beth Jackson- king · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful

I was struggling with formatting dialogue. I’m going to go back through this and use it to inform the actual structure. The writer gave me a short how to plenty of tips to get dialogue to be smooth within my text.

[Ankita Singh · Rating 4 out of 5]

An easy to follow guide

I loved that there weren't any fillers in the book. The advice was on point and easy to remember. It definitely helped a lot.

[Levi Borba · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book, plenty of valuable advice. The part about dialogue formatting and punctuation is quite helpful.

[Ryan Grenier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another perfect writing guide. The examples of dialogue in the appendix are a welcome addition to the book.