Hi Bernard, Currently reading Sharpe’s Battle and there are some terrific passages of dialogue running through it (Loup and Sharpe, Ducos and Loup etc etc). Do you have any advice regarding the balance between dialogue and descriptive narrative? In Battle you seem to use a lot of dialogue (top notch dialogue btw). I’ve also read that people’s attention spans are getting shorter, that no matter how good, long descriptive passages are less tolerated and that publishers and readers favour plenty white spaces which dialogue naturally provide. Do you have any rule of thumb&.50% dialogue or as much as possible or only use descriptive passages where they can’t be avoided? Finally do you have any technique to ensure you get your dialogue just right..i.e reading it aloud or recording it and playing it back? Or does it just come so easily that you don’t have to work too hard at it? Kind Regards Willie