How to Write Great Dialogue

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How to Write Great Dialogue We've all been out in public, minding our own business, when a distinctive voice caught our ear and we just had to listen to what it was saying. As humans, we're drawn to interesting conversations, and you want your reader to be just as compelled by your book's dialogue as they are by fascinating people they love to talk to in real life. ...Read More 12/15/2016 9:05pm View           "A While" Versus "Awhile" In a previous Grammar Girl post, I talked about using while to mean although, but another point about while can confound people: What is the difference between a while and awhile? A while describes a time, a noun. The article a before while is a sure sign that you're dealing with a noun. ...Read More 12/15/2016 2:14pm View               FROM QUICK AND DIRTY TIPS Get More Grammar Girl Visit the website. Subscribe to the Grammar Girl podcast at iTunes or via RSS. Find Grammar Girl books, gear, and more at the Quick and Dirty Tips store. Have Questions? Search the Quick and Dirty Tips website. We have more than 600 articles about grammar and language. There's a good chance your question has already been covered.                 Best wishes, (and the Quick and Dirty Tips Team)                 Want more tips? If this was forwarded to you by a friend and you'd like to receive future tips, you can sign up here. Please don't use the subscribe/unsubscribe link at the bottom of the page because this will overwrite your friend's subscription. (If this came directly to you, you can use the subscribe/unsubscribe link below to manage your subscription.)                 FOLLOW ME

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