“Dialogue is the place that books are most alive and forge the most direct connection with readers. It is also where we as writers discover our characters and allow them to become real.” BookRealCharacterAliveReaderDirectConnectionsDialogue Author:Laini Taylor
“A book is maybe about 350 pages, and the prose allows for readers to get a glimpse into the internal lives of the characters. A screenplay is 120 pages, and it's all dialogue and action. The pacing of films is different, the structure is often different, and the internal lives of the characters must come across through the acting. Movies are just a different experience than reading - so it just depends on what an individual prefers.” BookDifferentCharacterActionFilmReadingIndividualActingDependsReaderPagesStructureDialogueProseInternalsGlimpseScreenplaysPacingDifferent Experiences Author:Nicholas Sparks
“Always get to the dialogue as soon as possible. I always feel the thing to go for is speed. Nothing puts the reader off more than a big slab of prose at the start.” FeelsBigsReaderSpeedDialogueProseSlabs Author:P. G. Wodehouse
“Don't have conversations taking place in empty space. Weave in background details of where the action (dialogue is a form of "action") is taking place. Don't have invisible people talking, either. Let the reader see them as they speak - their facial expressions and gestures. And by all means "cue" the speeches to the speakers.” PeopleWritingMeanActionFormSpeakSpaceTalkingExpressionReaderConversationSpeechEmptyDetailsInvisibleBackgroundsDialogueGesturesSpeakersEmpty SpaceFacialPeople TalkingFacial Expression Book:Writing for children and teen-agers Source: Writing for children and teen-agers
“It's an ethical pact I've made with myself and with the reader - not to invent. And when I can't remember, I say I can't remember. I'm just appalled by the memoirs published by people who regurgitate dialogue, conversations from when they were small children, and they go on for three or four pages. I can't even remember what we said to each other ten minutes ago! How can I remember what was said sixty years ago? It's not possible.” PeopleYearsChildrenMadeSaidI CanRememberThreeFourMinutesGoes OnReaderTenConversationPagesYears AgoMemoirDialogueEthicalSixtySmall ChildPact Author:Paul Auster
“In comics the reader is in complete control of the experience. They can read it at their own pace, and if there's a piece of dialogue that seems to echo something a few pages back, they can flip back and check it out, whereas the audience for a film is being dragged through the experience at the speed of 24 frames per second.” IfsSeemsFilmAudiencePiecesReaderPagesSpeedChecksDialoguePaceEchoesFlip Author:Alan Moore