Episode 125: Better Talky Talky - The Art and Craft of Strong Dialogue - Kelly Dwyer

Many book editors and agents say that they read the first paragraph of a manuscript, and if they like it, they skip ahead to read some dialogue. If the dialogue is strong, they go back to page one and keep reading. If the dialogue is weak, the editor or agent sets down the manuscript, and the chances for publication (with that particular house or agency, anyway) end there. Knowing how to write good dialogue, then, is crucial to publication—and readership (and of course, if anything, is even more crucial in the arts of playwriting and scriptwriting).

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Episode 125: Better Talky Talky - The Art and Craft of Strong Dialogue - Kelly Dwyer is an episode from The Writing University Podcast by The Writing University.

This episode is 47:46 long.

This episode was published on Feb 12, 2020.

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