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Dialogue is often overlooked as a necessary and potent instrument in the novelist’s repertoire. A novel can rise or fall on the strength of its dialogue. Superb dialogue can make a superb novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, “Action is character.” George V. Higgins said, “Dialogue is character.” They were both right, because dialogue is action. It comprises much, if not all, of the clarifying drama of any novel. How much physical action can there be in 300 pages, even in a crime novel or a thriller

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Author

John Hough Jr.

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781621534495

Category

reference

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Fiction

Rating

4.5 / 5 (127 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14