Fiction writing: create drama with dialogue
In your first draft, just write. You’re exploring your story and characters. If you like, you can look on your first draft as an extended outline.
In your next draft, focus on building conflict and suspense. Make your evil antagonist even more evil. As I suggested in Writing Fiction Tip: Make Everything Worse For Your Hero:
… with a truly evil bad guy, your book will (almost) write itself. And you’ll have more fun. Where would the 1001 Dalmatians be without Cruella de Vil, after all?
Let’s look at some tips to help.