Found in my electronic chapbook.

There is no more important component of fiction than dialogue. The words your characters speak to one another do more to convey their nuances to the reader than any words you can employ yourself to sketch them. Dialogue advances and defines plot, renders complicated developments fathomable, and permits fiction to raise its voice, speaking, not merely to the mind but the ear as well. p. 198

From Telling Lies for Fun and Profit: A Manual for Fiction Writers by Lawrence Block.

I wrote 1,375 words yesterday morning and my total word count is now 40,010.

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