Funny Dialogue: More Than Just a Laugh
How conversations between a baby detective and his sister keep a story moving in all three acts.
As the father of two children under four years old, I know the challenge of getting toddlers to do anything they don’t want to do. Especially when that anything is solving a whodunnit they want no part of.
Yet, that’s exactly what Simon Rich achieves in The Big Nap, a short story from his most recent collection, “New Teeth.” In this twist on a hardboiled…
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