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Write Great Fiction - Dialogue (Write Great Fiction)
by Gloria Kempton

Write Great Fiction - Dialogue (Write Great Fiction)
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Author: Gloria Kempton
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-10-26
ISBN: 1582972893
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Writers Digest Books

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Book Review: A whole book, when one chapter would do.
Summary: 3 Stars

Although this book has some gems on how to write dialogue, I found it too long for the job that it had to do. There is too much repetition and really this should not be a whole book, but merely one chapter of a book on creative writing.
I found Gloria Kempton's style a little irritating, where she used too much first person narrative: 'I like this...'. 'I do this...', 'I see new writers make a lot of mistakes when it comes to writing emotional dialogue...' etc.

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