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Elwyn
04-02-2006, 06:16 AM
Here's some links some of ya'll may find helpful:

How To Write Successful Dialogue
http://teenwriting.about.com/cs/dialogue/ht/SuccessDialogue.htm (http://teenwriting.about.com/cs/dialogue/ht/SuccessDialogue.htm)
Suggested Reading
Using Dialogue: Scenes and Half-Scenes (http://teenwriting.about.com/library/weekly/aa111102g.htm)
In Quotations: Formatting Dialogue (http://teenwriting.about.com/library/weekly/aa010603a.htm)
Writing Effective Dialogue: Links (http://teenwriting.about.com/cs/dialogue/)

Related Articles
How To Make Dialogue Work Harder (http://clk.about.com/?zi=18/1AR&sdn=teenwriting&zu=http://teenwriting.about.com/cs/dialogue/ht/DialogueWork.htm)
Creative Writing for Teens - HowTos (http://clk.about.com/?zi=18/1AR&sdn=teenwriting&zu=http://teenwriting.about.com/cs/ht.htm)
How to Write Successful Dialogue (http://clk.about.com/?zi=18/1AR&sdn=teenwriting&zu=http://teenwriting.about.com/cs/dialogue/ht/SuccessDialogue.htm)
Dialogue Tags! She Exclaimed (http://clk.about.com/?zi=18/1AR&sdn=teenwriting&zu=http://teenwriting.about.com/od/dialogue/a/DialogueTags_2.htm)
Write Effective Dialogue -- About Creative Writing for ... (http://clk.about.com/?zi=18/1AR&sdn=teenwriting&zu=http://teenwriting.about.com/od/dialogue/index_a.htm)

Clare Dunkle’s ideas about composing dialog
http://www.claredunkle.com/Design/writedialog.htm
If any of ya'll have more, please post!;)

A writing resource: http://dept.kent.edu/english/WritingCent/Portal/Creative.htm

writeorwrong
04-02-2006, 06:31 AM
Dialogue is my weakness so this is much appreciated. Thanks!

omega12596
04-02-2006, 06:33 AM
I have one I'd like to share. It's by Morgan Hawke, and whether you agree with what she writes, this is some of the best dialogue advice I've ever seen and it's easy to follow. Moreover, it's hilarious!

http://darkerotica.blogspot.com/2004/12/dont-need-no-stinking-said-rant.html

She has A LOT of good advice there. And she's been round the publishing world on both sides of the book.

Elwyn
04-04-2006, 07:57 PM
Stephen King's On Writing, Toolbox section, Chapter 7.