Dialogue in writing

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Dialogue, in fiction, is a verbal exchange between two or more characters. If there is only one character talking aloud, it is a monologue.


"This breakfast is making me sick," George said.


"What's yours?" he asked with as much aplomb as he could muster.[1] another example is: "My name is Peg, what's yours?" I asked. "My name is William, but my friends call me Will," said Will.


Substitutes are known as said-bookisms. For example, in the sentence "What do you mean?" he smiled., the word smiled is a said-bookism.

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  1. ^ Turco (1989, p. 16)
  2. ^ King (2000, p. 127)


  • King, Stephen (2000), On Writing, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, ISBN 0-684-85352-3

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