Using Dialogue

Dialogue is an excellent technique for bringing your story to life. As you continue your drafting today, use dialogue to show what was being said at those most important moments in your nonfiction narrative.

Here is Geo's dialogue from "Burnt Memories." What does the dialogue show about Geo's neighbors and family?

Leslie also uses dialogue at that most important moment when the tragedy is revealed.

View the short video as a review on how to correctly punctuate dialogue.