Review: The Go-To Manual on Writing Amazing Dialogue
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
James Scott Bell has written THE book on writing dialogue. While many gifted authors and screenwriters devote a chapter or an occasional blog on techniques for writing dazzling dialogue, Bell gathers, illustrates and explains the best of the best advice on the tricky art of crafting dialogue that readers will remember. He even details how to punctuate quotes within quotes, the proper use of ellipsis, em-dashes and other punctuation issues that trip up authors and other storytellers. The examples Bell uses clearly demonstrate the differences between publishable and dreadful dialogue.This handy book will become the same kind of gem that writers will treasure alongside Strunk & White's The Elements of Style. Buy this book for an aspiring author to prevent years of rejection letters.