Without dialogue a novel is no more than an endless essay. Only through their speech can the characters come to life. This practical guide by an experienced author shows how it is done. Pointers include the layout of dialogue, punctuation and making characters believable through their speech.
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Jean Saunders has written over 600 short stories and more than 100 novels of various types including sagas and crime. She writes under her own name, and as Rachel Moore, Rowena Summers and other pen names. She writes a regular column on short story writing for Writers' News, and is in demand as a lecturer at conferences and on cruise ships. A past Chairman of the Romantic Novelists Association, Jean has been short-listed for the Romantics Novel of the Year Award, and she takes an active interest in everything to do with writing.
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