Will I love Writing Dialogue?

I love the straightforward style of this book. I particularly enjoyed the chapter on the silent or near-silent character, which helped me with a script I was writing at the time.

I also loved his emphasis on listening to dialogue before you can ever write it. ‘Listen,’ he says, ‘Don’t talk. Listen.’ He tells the reader to train themselves to be a ‘conscious listener’ and to use overheard dialogue as starting points. Great advice. 

Savvy writers don't limit themselves to writing dialogue in a single media market; they welcome opportunities and challenges in print and broadcast, whether it's writing fiction or doing film or television scripts. This book spells out how to approach dialogue writing with specific media and how to achieve realistic and dramatic effects. The author urges writers to listen... listen... listen...and “hear the people around you!” Be an eavesdropper, he suggests, and remember what you hear!