• Place ‘said’ after speaker’s name
• How to make dialogue sound realistic
• Tighten writing by deleting unneeded attribution
• How to handle foreign accents and regional dialects in dialogue
• How to properly punctuate dialogue
• Avoid mime conversations in dialogue
• Eight tips for writing interesting dialogue
• BONUS: “Write what should not be forgotten.” – Isabel Allende
7 Tips for Writing Dialogue in Fiction
