People Who Do Things

19. Banter: Dialogue

John H. Matthews and Laura Buchwald

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Laura and John discuss the do's and don'ts of dialogue in writing, from proper punctuation to sounding natural. They also talk about tense and point-of-view, head-hopping, and the upcoming AWP22 writer's conference in Philadelphia.