By Joyce Scarbrough, @JoyceScarbrough Part of the How They Do It Series
JH: I'm a sucker for good dialogue. Conversations draw me in, and a wonderful turn of phrase can make me love a character. But dialogue isn't as easy as copying down what people say, and it can be tough to find the right balance between real dialogue and real-sounding dialogue. Please help me welcome Joyce Scarbrough back to the lecture hall today to share a few tips on writing effective dialogue.
The valedictorian of her high school graduating class, Joyce Scarbrough is a Southern woman weary of seeing herself and her peers portrayed in books and movies as either post-antebellum debutantes or barefoot hillbillies รก la Daisy Duke, so all her heroines are smart, unpretentious women who refuse to be anyone but themselves. Joyce writes both adult and YA fiction and has four published novels as well as several short stories available as Kindle downloads. Joyce loves hanging out with other writers and stays active in the Mobile Writers Guild as well as her regional chapter of SCBWI. She’s lived all her life in beautiful LA (lower Alabama), she’s the mother of three gifted children and a blind Pomeranian named Tilly, and she’s been married for 31 years to the love of her life—a superhero who disguises himself during the day as a high school math teacher and coach.
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Take it away Joyce...
