Internal Dialogue
by Marcy Kennedy is a good primer on its title subject: Internal dialogue. This
is not just about how to show it. I
suspect most writers understand this. It also shows the basic techniques of
when and how to use it.
An added bonus was a section titled “Alternating the Focus
of Paragraphs.” This gave invaluable advice on a certain pacing or balancing of
the paragraphs. I won’t repeat it here; you’ll have to get Kennedy’s book, as a
kind of reward to her for this.
I understood the pacing of words within a sentence, and the
pacing of sentences within a paragraph. I also understood the pacing of
chapters and overall story structure. Internal
Dialogue supplied an essential piece that was missing from the middle.
I'm an editor and I see internal dialogue used incorrectly all the time. I'm glad there are books to help authors use it properly.
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