Wednesday links: Dancing dialogue

I love regularly reading tips and advice articles in certain subjects — particularly writing and publishing. I don’t always need the information right then, but I know that it’ll eventually come in handy. Or at least, I hope it will.

I know there are a lot of other people out there who feel the same way I do, but sometimes it can be difficult to find every useful advice article that’s out there. So I thought I’d bring you a few. Here are the tips and advice articles that jumped out at me the most over the past week.

Dialogue that Dances, from Books & Such Literary Management: When done well, dialogue can make your story come alive. Getting it to that point may not be as difficult as you think. Excerpt: “Dancing dialogue does double-duty. It ramps up tension and reveals character. How can dialogue move from “lying on the couch” to “dancing with the stars”?”