How to Write Great Dialog, Third Edition

"As an editor, I wish all my clients would read and apply the advice in this book. ... Highly recommended." Lorna Collins, content editor, and multi-published author

"A REALLY HELPFUL book ... will teach you everything you need to know about writing dialog." Arlene Uslander, award-winning journalistic professional editor.

"This book should be in every aspiring writer's library." F.M. Meredith, Author.

Learn How To ...

• Develop characters through dialog
• Use dialog to further your plot and set the scene
• Show relationships among characters with dialog
• Introduce conflict and tension using dialog
• Make attributions work
• Learn how to use the most powerful tool in the writer's toolbox
• Create a character's Dialog Signature ... And More
• 95 Examples
• 71 exercises

After a successful career in mathematics and computer science, receiving grants from the National Science Foundation and NASA, and being listed in Who's Who in Computer Science and Two Thousand Notable Americans, James R. Callan turned to his first love-writing. He has had four non-fiction books published. He now concentrates on his favorite genre, mystery/suspense/thriller. His fourteenth book releases in February, 2021. In addition, he speaks at conferences and gives workshops on various writing topics such as character development, dialog, audiobooks, plotting, and the mystery/suspense/thriller genre.

He and his wife split their time between homes in northeast Texas and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. They have four grown children and six grandchildren.