The Re-re-read: Craft Talks on Classic Literature

The Turn of the Screw: Dialog as Unpredictable Action


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We all know dialog has to do more than one thing. But if one of the things it does is exposition, how do we keep it from becoming a boring Q and A session? Henry James knows how. Here's how important information about the governess's "charming" charges becomes more like a battle and a hunt.

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The Re-re-read: Craft Talks on Classic LiteratureBy Ann Gelder