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DIALOGUE, DETAILS, AND LENGTH
NOVELISTS, SCREENWRITERS, AND playwrights have several tools in their writer’s tool kit to help make stories more compelling. Many of them are just as effective and appropriate for sales stories. Some are not. Below are a few of the most important ones you can put to use.
DIALOGUE
Dialogue is the most engaging literary device you can put in a story, for a number of reasons. It’s the most natural way humans tell stories, even from a young age. Listen to a kindergartener at the end of the day talk about what happened at school, and you’re likely to hear, “Johnny said . . . and then Jane said . . . and then the teacher ...
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