Writing Excuses 10.38: How Does Context Shape Dialog?
Writing Excuses
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Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantell
"I will very often draw, you know, the face of someone who is saying a line of dialogue and realize, it's not the right facial expression. That doesn't mean what I wrote," he says. "Sometimes I will accidentally create something that is working at cross-purposes ... because I've created a new context for this line" Dan: Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantell 'is incredible' in terms of its spare writing - but different from narration or dialogue.
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