Let’s consolidate the lessons we learned from looking at dialogue in episode 1 of The Serpent by Richard Warlow, published on the BBC Writers Room website.
Overall, there are three articles:
These articles illuminate 8 separate techniques:
- Say what others want to hear.
- Respond with action.
- Answer your own question.
- Choose not to answer
- Respond with a question
- Avoid the question
- Seduce
- Euphemize
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