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Sol Stein Quotes

To create tension, dialogue needs to be stretched out. That is, characters should not be immediately responsive Picture Quote #1

In our not-yet-acknowledged secret garden lie the seeds of some of our best not-yet-written stories Picture Quote #1

The biggest difference between a writer and a would-be writer is their attitude toward rewriting. . . . Unwillingness to revise usually signals an amateur Picture Quote #1

A reader’s emotions can be sparked with few words. That’s the power of dialogue Picture Quote #1

Readers, transformed by film and TV, are used to seeing stories. The reading experience . . . is increasingly visual Picture Quote #1

Dialogue is a lean language in which every word counts Picture Quote #1

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Most of the time, tough, combative, adversarial dialogue is much more exciting than physical action Picture Quote #1

A writer writes what other people only think Picture Quote #1

The expert magician seeks to deceive the mind, rather than the eye Picture Quote #1

A reader’s emotions can be sparked with few words. That’s the power of dialogue Picture Quote #1

Dialogue, contrary to popular view, is not a recording of actual speech; it is a semblance of speech, an invented language of exchanges that build in tempo or content toward climaxes Picture Quote #1

Readers take in dialogue one thought at a time. A frequent mistake of beginners is to combine thoughts, which may be suitable for other forms of writing but not for dialogue. Another mistake is speechifying. Three sentences at a time is tops, yet many beginners write speeches that go on and on Picture Quote #1

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Our instinct as human beings is to provide answers, to ease tension. As writers our job is the opposite, to create tension and not dispel it immediately Picture Quote #1

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To create tension, dialogue needs to be stretched out. That is, characters should not be immediately responsive (Sol Stein Quotes) In our not-yet-acknowledged secret garden lie the seeds of some of our best not-yet-written stories (Sol Stein Quotes) The biggest difference between a writer and a would-be writer is their attitude toward rewriting. . . . Unwillingness to revise usually signals an amateur. (Sol Stein Quotes) A reader’s emotions can be sparked with few words. That’s the power of dialogue. (Sol Stein Quotes) Readers, transformed by film and TV, are used to seeing stories. The reading experience . . . is increasingly visual. (Sol Stein Quotes) Dialogue is a lean language in which every word counts (Sol Stein Quotes) Most of the time, tough, combative, adversarial dialogue is much more exciting than physical action (Sol Stein Quotes) A writer writes what other people only think (Sol Stein Quotes) The expert magician seeks to deceive the mind, rather than the eye (Sol Stein Quotes) A reader’s emotions can be sparked with few words. That’s the power of dialogue (Sol Stein Quotes) Dialogue, contrary to popular view, is not a recording of actual speech; it is a semblance of speech, an invented language of exchanges that build in tempo or content toward climaxes (Sol Stein Quotes) Readers take in dialogue one thought at a time. A frequent mistake of beginners is to combine thoughts, which may be suitable for other forms of writing but not for dialogue. Another mistake is speechifying. Three sentences at a time is tops, yet many beginners write speeches that go on and on (Sol Stein Quotes) Our instinct as human beings is to provide answers, to ease tension. As writers our job is the opposite, to create tension and not dispel it immediately (Sol Stein Quotes)