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Good Dialogue is Good Description

14/12/2020

 
​What the character says reveals more than pages of description. She reveals herself through her words; her thoughts, feelings and influence.

When she says “Politicians! They should be cut into pieces and fed to the lions” you know her better than if you had just written ‘She had extreme opinions on politicians.’

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