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When you have finished reading this article, you will have a good idea on how to write believable dialogue and know when you can break the rules.
Using effective dialog is a main part of any story. Good dialog moves the story forward and makes characters come to life. Dialogue will engage your readers as you reveal your characters to them.
This definition comes by way of the Encarta World English Dictionary: “the words spoken by characters in a book… or a section of a work that contains spoken words.
Dialogue has several functions:
? To express through conversations what the reader must know so they can understand the character’s actions, motivations and thoughts.
To convey character that will reveal the lives of people in the story.