Communication Styles

Many years ago I was told that women ask questions and men make statements.

Man: "It's too cold in here."

Woman: "Is it just me, or is it cold in here?"

Following a similar vein, check out this video:

In the bigger picture, you can use these and other techniques to make your women stronger, or weaker, or to shade how you write your men.

Nathan Branford on Dialogue

Nathan Branford has an excellent blog.  See him in my blogroll in the sidebar. [If you note, in the sidebar I link to the best info on query letters ever; this is Nathan's info, and it's the best ever because it's what I've been teaching for twenty years. It's really nice to find I'm doing something right!]

As a former agent and a novelist, he brings insights from all sides of writing and publishing.  Check out what he advises about dialogue.  It's excellent.