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This is Story Spine, created by Kenn Adams, editor and author.

This is Story Spine, created by Kenn Adams, editor and author.

Writing Class Radio's Basic Points on DIALOGUE

1.  Starting a story with dialogue makes the reader think too hard.                                    

2. Only attribute speech with said. He said. She said. I said. Or say/says if you're writing in the present tense.

3. Leave names out of dialogue. The characters know who they're talking to.                          

4. Sentences don't have to be complete because people talk over each other.            

5. Dialogue has to reveal character or advance the story.                                                        

6. Every new speaker gets a new paragraph.