Dialogue

“Merry,” said Pru, “give me the straight skinny on dialogue in a romance, wilya?” “As it happens,” Merry replied, “I can tell you the seven things that dialogue brings to your story.” “Seven? Shut the front door!” Pru goggled in astonishment. “That’s an action tag, by the way,” said Merry. “I know. I paid attention!” Pru beamed with pride.