"Don't have conversations taking place in empty space. Weave in background details of where the action (dialogue is a form of "action") is taking place. Don't have invisible people talking, either. Let the reader see them as they speak - their facial expressions and gestures. And by all means "cue" the speeches to the speakers."

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Source : Lee Wyndham (1972). “Writing for children and teen-agers”, Writer's Digest Books

Lee Wyndham

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“Music is a weapon in the war against unhappiness.”

Source : "Jason Mraz Is Turning the Tide: An Interview". Interview with Anna Griffin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 6, 2010.
“Writers and other artists are mostly just historians, produced by nature to describe, decipher and thus historically represent the universe.”
“Take a journey to the realm of the truth.”
“All this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings”
“I dont surf the web very much.”
“American presidents always avoid shaking hands with brutal dictators, except when it's advantageous to do so.”
“Examine the nature of hatred; you will find that it is no more than a thought. When you see it as it is, it will dissolve like a cloud in the sky.”
“I would have given him everything. I would have pulled down planets to make our life work.”

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