#20 Dialogue

I believe all writers know about Dialogue and its purpose.

If not, all dialogue is, is a conversation between two or more people. How it is written on the page will look something like this:

"I don't like the way you said that to me, at all!" She exclaimed

The basics you need to know are the speech marks that are at the beginning and at the end of the statements; and one thing you also need to be aware of is at the end 'She exclaimed' or 'She yelled', you don't always need to put that at the end; but when we first learn about writing we are introduced to this.

But this is why we also have these: '! ?' They cause us to know if it's something that is said with expression or if it is a question-- you can always add 'She exclaimed' but sometimes it can get very repetitve, especially when it's between 2 people. If it's only one person, it's not as bad.

Anywho!
Enough of the technicalities, what I really wanted to grip my teeth into is the overall effect and purpose of what dialogue brings to the story.

Dialogue brings life to the characters and the overall narrative-- it gives you more of a clearer vision of how the characters are-- it adds to the whole 3D effect of these people we have created out of our own imaginations!
It gives you a clearer idea of personalities and character traits, and it makes us as the reader to relate to them more while we are reading.

I believe dialogue is a key trait in a story and without it, it would be a little boring-- whether it is a little or a lot of dialogue, it makes the narrative 'come alive', and it breaks away from the overall 'narrative voice'.

You can write a story just in dialogue. The dialogue alone will tell the narrative and you as the reader are a little more interactive, having to kind of grab onto what's going on, Dialogue is as much as a narrative than us summarizing and describing back story. Yes.
Ernest Hemingway's 'Hills like White Elephants' is a perfect example!

Check it out. How will you implement dialogue in your stories..?