Listening to characters speak is a great pleasure for readers.  It's as if the reader is a character in the scene, listening in, eavesdropping.  Here are the three most important dialogue writing techniques I can think of.   Also; how can we make our third-person narrator as intimate with the reader as a first-person narrator?  Some thoughts are offered on how to get the reader close to the third-person character.   And: Mark Twain's daily writing habits.Support the show