by Nanci | Jul 14, 2025 | Craft, Dialogue, Podcast
When dialogue works, it feels alive. It’s charged with tension. It reveals character, drives the plot, and leaves space for the reader to lean in and feel what’s left unsaid. But when it doesn’t? It falls flat, feels forced, or gets skimmed over entirely. In...
by Nanci | Jul 10, 2023 | Craft, Dialogue, Podcast
How do you write dialogue that doesn’t feel artificial, cliche or boring? How do you use dialogue to create character depth, subtlety and originality? Conversation that’s not over the top dramatic, or overly direct, and yet absolutely riveting? In today’s episode,...
by Nanci | Oct 17, 2022 | Craft, Dialogue
Dialogue between characters is one of those things writers struggle mightily with. You want the dialogue to sound like real life, but when you try to make it sound like a real conversation, it just sounds boring and fake. Maybe it’s the back and forth, the...
