We must believe, or as Samuel Taylor Coleridge suggested, we must willingly suspend our disbelief. - Robert McKee

Dialogue concentrates meaning; conversation dilutes it.

A rule says, “You must do it this way.” A principle says, “This works … and has through all remembered time.” The difference is crucial. Your work needn’t be modeled after the “well-made” play; rather, it must be well made within the principles that shape our art. Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules. Rebellious, unschooled writers break rules. Artists master the form.

Quality storytelling inspires quality dialogue.