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Book Title
Book of Dialogue : How to Write Effective Conversation in Fiction
ISBN
9780826361905
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Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
ISBN-10
0826361900
ISBN-13
9780826361905
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26050084218

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
206 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Book of Dialogue : How to Write Effective Conversation in Fiction, Screenplays, Drama, and Poetry
Subject
Composition & Creative Writing
Publication Year
2020
Type
Textbook
Author
Lewis Turco
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-936558
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
808.3/96
Table Of Content
Introduction Chapter One. Definitions Savants Bordello Chapter Two. Speech in Narration An Old-Fashioned Kind of Guy One Sunday Morning The Man in the Booth Pleasant Dell Chapter Three. Diction Scot on the Rocks Chapter Four. Types of Speech Pocoangelini 7 Barrow Yard Shipmates Chapter Five. Genre Dialogue Murgatroyd Tries Again The Museum of Ordinary People Index
Synopsis
The Book of Dialogue is an invaluable resource for writers and students of narrative seeking to master the art of effective dialogue. The book will teach you how to use dialogue to lay the groundwork for events in a story, to balance dialogue with other story elements, to dramatize events through dialogue, and to strategically break up dialogue with other vital elements of your story in order to capture and hold a reader's or viewer's interest in the overall arc of the narrative. Writers will find Turco's classic an essential reference for crafting dialogue. Using dialogue to teach dialogue, Turco's chapters focus on narration, diction, speech, and genre dialogue. Through the Socratic dialogue method--invented by Plato in his dialogues outlining the teachings of Socrates--Turco provides an effective tool to teach effective discourse. He notes, "Plato wrote lies in order to tell the truth. That's what a fiction writer does and has always done." Now it's your turn., The Book of Dialogue is an invaluable resource for writers and students of narrative seeking to master the art of effective dialogue.
LC Classification Number
PN1551.T85 2020

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