Dialogue, Art, & You: Quotables in Critical Times

Dialogue [dahy-uh-lawg, -log] noun. An exchange of ideas or opinions on a particular issue, especially a political or religious issue, with a view to reaching an amicable agreement or settlement. Art “It’s good for art to make us think, to give us a shared experience that…makes us talk to each other, including strangers.” ~ Janet Echelman …

You Talk Too Much: Balancing Dialogue and Narrative

I’ve just returned from a trip home to Texas. I took with me plenty of pens and paper, books and ideas; once I touched down and hooked up with family I hadn’t seen in years, though, everything but the loving fell to the wayside. So this Wednesday, I give you a re-post of an old …

Becky Levine, Voice and Dialogue

My last post was about balance, and all weekend long I fought to maintain it. Despite the swings back and forth between sane and not, I completed several writerly tasks without driving my family away. I rewrote a few more chapters in my WIP, I punched out drafts for two posts, and I read more …