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Write Better Memoir Dialog: 7 Pillars (Proven and Easy to Do!)

Denis Ledoux — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 18:13:20 +0000

Seven easy, proven techniques to write better memoir dialog. How much dialog do you include and when? Follow these 7 pillars for success. (more…)

Sweetheart, Are You Using Precise Words for Your Memoir?

Denis Ledoux — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 18:00:00 +0000

The clearer you are in your choice of precise words, the easier it will be for your reader to understand your writing. The reader will be able to respond to you as you wish the reader to respond—instead of looking around while you are pleading “sweetheart, sweetheart.” (more…)

Writing Hooks to Open a Paragraph or Chapter

Denis Ledoux — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 21:00:24 +0000

How do you start a chapter with writing hooks that capture the reader’s interest? Try these 3 methods create curiosity in your reader! (more…)

Dialog Tags: the good, the bad and the sometimes intrusive.

Denis Ledoux — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 18:14:00 +0000

We all know how important a precise and varied vocabulary is to our memoir writing. Words are our tools to make meaning. Most of the writers I have worked with want to develop the precise and varied vocabulary that can be so helpful in writing narrative. Unfortunately, they also believe that an extensive vocabulary is […]

10 Tips to Write Better Dialog—Make it More Effective and Interesting

Denis Ledoux — Tue, 31 May 2022 16:59:19 +0000

If dialog is an essential part of every memoir—and of course it is, then why not make it effective—make it say what needs to be said—and interesting—so that it also keeps the reader reading. Write better dialog. Dialog performs several functions that make your story appealing and meaningful. Every memoir ought to have some dialog […]

Dialog in a memoir: “So what did you say?”

Denis Ledoux — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 10:31:00 +0000

Dialog is important in a memoir because it allows us to “hear” the subject, but using dialog is also fraught with problems. It can throw your memoir off. Pitfalls of using dialogue in a memoir Essentially, most writers use dialog that is too long. A memoir, of course, is a remembered story. When the writer […]

Writing Effective and Interesting Dialog

Denis Ledoux — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 12:09:12 +0000

Dialog allows the reader to hear the voice of the character. It is an opportunity to use regionalisms and particularities of speech. Even to write in pauses if that was typical of the person. “Ain’t much wrong with it,” my grandfather would say… (more…)