The Writer’s Toolbox: Dialogue – Part 2
Bill's Blog < Return to Blog The Writer’s Toolbox: Dialogue – Part 2 In my blog post of February 10, 2014 (The Writer’s Toolbox: Dialogue – Part 1), I included an excerpt from Lawrence Block’s mystery novel A Long Line of Dead Men. Block depends heavily on dialogue...
The Writer’s Toolbox: Dialogue – Part 1
Bill's Blog < Return to Blog The Writer’s Toolbox: Dialogue – Part 1 I hope you’ve been keeping your toolbox close at hand, and that you reach into it whenever you need a tool to help you breathe life into a character, build tension into a dramatic confrontation,...
The Writer’s Toolbox
Bill's Blog < Return to Blog The Writer’s Toolbox You’ve probably seen this optical illusion. Most people initially see the image as a vase. But looking at it a different way, it becomes the silhouette of two faces. If you first see it as a vase, you just have to...
The Narrative Hook
Bill's Blog < Return to Blog The Narrative Hook “Did I ever tell you about the two-headed pig we had on the farm when I was a kid?” My dad loved to tell stories, and he always launched them with a one-line zinger. One day as we were driving home from our bi-weekly...
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