3 essays
Dialogue
Dialogue that sings almost never lives in the words themselves. It lives in the half-second after the line lands — and what happens in that half-second is what most drafts…
Dialogue
A simple rule that will force your dialogue scenes to earn their length — and expose the ones that are treading water.
Dialogue
The craft of conversation on the page — subtext, rhythm, interruption, and the silences that carry more weight than either of the speakers does.