Dialogue: Oh Joys!

I was doing research on dialogue in the middle of what I was writing and needed a quick reference guide to give me ideas as I was doing it. I always knew I would come back and do serious edits however I still wanted to not have to totally re-invent the wheel.

Once again I allowed my little voice to guide me.  I find if I put it out there and do a walk-about on the internet I find what I need and so I decided to do the same thing with my research for dialogue.

As it turned out I had downloaded a few kindle books on the subject and the first one I clicked on did the trick for now.

I find I am not a patient person anymore.  I have spent years at university in different programs learning about this or that, however much of it gets lost in the back recesses of the brain and has become more like background noise rather than useful knowledge.

This has been a process for me like the creative development I have done over the years.  I have learned to extract the kernels of knowledge I want and ignore the rest.  I may paraphrase and not use all the proper big lingo or be able to quote someone by name however I don't care.  I am about the bigger picture and not about impressing anyone with my great brain power or great knowledge.  There are plenty of others who can do that.  I just want to learn what I need, move on and USE it.

I read this little book called Writing Vivid Dialogue: Professional Techniques for Fiction Authors (Writer's Craft Book 16)
It is a small and functional little book.  To the point, gives examples, clear explanations and then your done.  I liked it.  I continue to skim other books however I felt this was a good book to start with to give me the backdrop for details from other sources.

So if you want to learn more in a hurry or don't read a lot...(I cannot due to my eyes and this new age of electronic media!), then this book is a pretty good one.

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