Screenwriting books can be of great help as well. Syd Field has a number of related books that detail dialogue, which is a good half of a screenplay.<br><br><a href="http://www.sydfield.com/products.htm">http://www.sydfield.com/products.htm</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Holloway, Anna M. <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]"><a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3D1007%26L%3DPWA-L%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D11346%26B%3D--0016e6ddfed8dab80e048bac4a5f%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3DISO-8859-1" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I&#39;d look at one of the many on writing plays.  I have a few, but can&#39;t get them in your hand for a couple of weeks.  The techniques of telling story through dialogue adapt pretty well from stage to page, if you know what I mean.<br>

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But there are doubtless some out there for the novelist...<br>
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Anna M. J. Holloway<br>
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Subject: Question...<br>
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Can anybody recommend a good book on writing dialogue?<br>
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Please advise.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Jocelyn<br>
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