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PART 4: Silence is Golden

One technique you can use to develop the realism of dialogue in your story is watching DVD movies with sub-titles.

One of my dudes in Chicago had put me on to this technique; watching movies with the sub-titles on so he can feel like he’s reading a story.

Watching movies with sub-titles not only help you develop a realistic dialogue between characters in your book, it also help you to know where to place quotes, commas, periods, and other punctuation marks in the dialogue.

Sub-titles also spell out sound effects, like when a person say "pfft" when he/she hears something that's bullshit...LOL

Checking out movies on mute is also a special technique of mine. Yeah, it looks hella weird, but hey, a writer gotta do what a writer gotta do to perfect his art and discipline.

Watching flicks on mute not only draws out the moods and body language of characters, but the technique also helps me focus on real-life situations where I study what people DO NOT say that can be contrary to what they DO say.

85 percent of communication is non-verbal...a person's smile might not match the handshake or hug.

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