Dialogue as action
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How to use dialogue as action to drive the scene forward
A great line can threaten, seduce, manipulate, deflect, and transform power dynamics within a scene. When you stop treating dialogue as a way to “say things” and start treating it as action, the scene lives. This upcoming guide will show you how to give every line a verb — to argue, to dodge, to seduce, to test — so your dialogue drives plot instead of sitting on top of it.
This article is part of the Fix Your Dialogue guide, which covers everything from how to reveal character with dialogue, to subtext, to revisions, to tips for avoiding information dumps.
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