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James Scott Bell is the best-selling and award-winning author of thriller novels, zombie legals, historical romance, and lots and lots of books on the craft of writing. He's a professional speaker, teaching novel-writing and other skills for writers, and his latest book is "How to Write Dazzling Dialogue."
We discuss:
Why is dialogue so important anyway? Can't we just write lots of paragraphs with no one talking to each other?
Overuse of names and differentiating voices
How to learn about dialogue by listening and other techniques
Beware of stereotypes in characters
Weaving action into dialogue
Bad language and guidelines for swear words
Subtext
Humor in dialogue
Punctuation
On James' fiction - he writes across multiple genres
You can find James and his books at JamesScottBell.com and on twitter @jamesscottbell.