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The expert magician seeks to deceive the mind, rather than the eye.


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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.



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A lawyer's job is to manipulate the skeletons in other people's closets.



A reader's emotions can be sparked with few words. That's the power of dialogue.

A reader's emotions can be sparked with few words. That's the power of dialogue.



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

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



Dialogue is a lean language in which every word counts.

Dialogue is a lean language in which every word counts.



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A writer writes what other people only think.



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.

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.



Most of the time, tough, combative, adversarial dialogue is much more exciting than physical action.

Most of the time, tough, combative, adversarial dialogue is much more exciting than physical action.





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