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🗓️ 23 May 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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In today’s episode, we’re going to look at the five functions of dialogue in your story. Here’s a preview of what’s included:
[03:50] Function #1: Dialogue can help you advance the plot
[05:50] Function #2: Dialogue can help you reveal character
[08:30] Function #3: Dialogue can help you establish context
[12:40] Function #4: Dialogue can help you set the tone and mood
[15:45] Function #5: Dialogue can help you reveal or hint at your theme
[17:40] Key points and episode recap
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0:00.0 | So I don't want you to do this and to avoid doing this, you'll just want to determine how much |
0:04.8 | exposition you really need, especially when you're in the beginning chunk of your story. |
0:09.4 | And when in doubt, I always say focus on the action of a scene first and then explain |
0:14.6 | things later or deliver the context later. Readers will wait for the context as long as there's |
0:19.8 | something meaningful happening within a scene. Welcome to the Fiction Writing Made Easy podcast. |
0:26.2 | My name is Savannah Gilbo and I'm here to help you write a story that works. |
0:30.4 | I want to prove to you that writing a novel doesn't have to be overwhelming. |
0:34.0 | So each week I'll bring you a brand new episode with simple, actionable, and step-by-step strategies |
0:39.4 | that you can implement in your writing right away. So whether you're brand new to writing or more |
0:43.8 | of a seasoned author looking to improve your craft, this podcast is for you. So pick up a pen and |
0:49.0 | let's get started. In today's episode we're going to talk about the five functions of dialogue in |
0:55.5 | your story. I'm super excited to dig into this topic because it's been one of the most requested |
1:01.0 | topics for this podcast. And I now have a couple of future episodes planned on all things dialogue. |
1:07.2 | So if you've been wanting to learn more about writing impactful dialogue, then get excited |
1:11.6 | because I have a few different episodes coming your way. Now like I mentioned, we're going to focus |
1:16.4 | on the five functions of dialogue in today's episode. But before we get into what those five |
1:21.4 | functions are, I want to talk about why dialogue is so important for us writers to master. |
1:27.0 | And really it all boils down to this. Other than learning things like how to craft a well-structured |
1:32.5 | scene or how to deliver what readers are expecting from a story in your genre or developing |
1:37.9 | compelling and relatable characters or fleshing out three-dimensional worlds, dialogue is really |
1:43.2 | the next thing on the list that you can tackle to take your story from good to great. |
1:47.8 | Now just for fun, let's pretend we have two almost identical manuscripts. Let's say they both |
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