Book of Dialogue. How to Write Effective Conversation in Fiction, Screenplays, Drama, and Poetry, Paperback/Lewis Turco

An invaluable resource for writers and students of narrative seeking to master the art of dialogue. The book will teach you how to use dialogue to lay the groundwork for events in a story, to balance dialogue with other story elements, to dramatize events through dialogue, and to strategically break up dialogue with other elements of your story.