Dialogue: The Art of Words for Writers, Screenwriters, and Playwrights + pocket, 2019

Robert McKee, an American screenwriter, one of the world's most renowned and respected teachers of screenwriting, and the author of the famous bestseller The Million Dollar Story, reveals the secrets of creating dramatic dialogue, based on its function, content, form, and speech technique. You will learn how to put words into the mouths of characters, make them come alive, give them voices that the viewer and reader will follow relentlessly, and learn the art of connecting "two silent realms: the inner life of the hero and the inner life of the reader-viewer." This is a research textbook that examines both the most effective techniques of "dialogue writing" and the mistakes that await the author in the process of work, including clichés, verbosity, and implausibility. If you are just starting your literary experiments, the book will show you the way to mastery; for a professional writer, it will help take an important step toward perfection.