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    This informal book club seeks to open a respectful dialogue on the written word: to tell...
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  • Started by Toya A. Barnette
    ...mes and that you are all thriving creatively. If ever there was a time in history when we should be exchanging ideas, participating in thoughtful dialogue, offering inspiration, and gl...
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  • ...ars and my last (longest lasting) blog is doing quite well whereas my first two didn't really. And by well I don't mean stats so much, but rather dialogue. I have built a community I r...
  • ...riting on facebook because they like the community aspect (ie. people go to your post on facebook and like or comment on there and it initiates a dialogue). I don't do that on facebook...

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  • Susan Johnson Hadler posted a status
    ...ly person I knew who had known them, but my questions threatened to open her buried pain and she responded with fury. Writing became an internal dialogue, the way I talked with and li...
  • Catherine Marshall-Smith posted a status
    ...mation I had to research in order to write American Family with any authenticity included: 1. Family Law 2. Christian Doctrine 3. Gay culture (dialogue, sex, inside jokes, fashion)...

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  • Love these suggestions! Also, I read that you can take your current characters and make up a dialogue that has nothing to do with the story or novel you're working on. Or also, interv...
  • I'm working on this issue right now. I love doing dialogue but far too easy to fall into trap of having everyone sound like "mini-mes." If you have any specific suggestions, would love to hear them. I'm working on doing a dialogue page for my characters and listing certain pet phrases for each one.
  • ...our mid-century living. My memoir has finally hit the copyediting stage on its way to publication, god willing, and your reflections and thought dialogue is an inspiration as I consid...

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