Essential Guide to Writing a Novel

Episode 104 - Let's get to work, and showing with dialogue.

James Thayer

What if we are stymied in our plotting, and can't think of enough story?  Here are some thoughts on how we might get to work.   Also; one of the best ways we can reveal our characters to readers is with the characters' own words, with their dialogue.  Here are some thoughts on showing--as opposed to telling--with dialogue.  Also, this episode contains the words "oaf," "poltroon," and "knucklehead," such words being like salt; they make anything better.

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