Comments on: dialogue tip…

By: Steph T.

Steph T. — Thu, 12 May 2005 18:25:28 +0000

*waves to Sasha, Olga & Jill* Glad to share the info!!

Cece - Jane is such a doll…I like the whole out of the ordinary thing too (wonder if Jake will?) And I suck at settings.

Linda - that’s a great example of subtext - I always forget subtext…

LOL at Amy - I’ll pass along any I find. Anything to make life easier…:wink:

By: Jill

Jill — Thu, 12 May 2005 14:32:04 +0000

Loved this, great tip!

By: Sasha

Sasha — Thu, 12 May 2005 04:09:06 +0000

I see the light!!

Yahoo!

Great tip. Thanks for sharing.

By: Cece

Cece — Thu, 12 May 2005 02:17:44 +0000

I LURVE Jane!!! she came and spoke at a recent chapter meeting!!! Really made me think hard about my wip and taking characters out of “ordinary places” which might not apply when dealing with secret solider type guys LOL
I have no tips but I tend to write a lot of dialogue then go back and fill in with scene setting and internalization. Scene setting=big weakness along with those sense things

By: Olga

Olga — Thu, 12 May 2005 01:38:04 +0000

That’s a great tip! Thanks for sharing!

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 12 May 2005 00:42:15 +0000

You can also write the dialogue first, especially if you’re playing with subtext. I use drama as a guide for this — there’s a scene in The Crucible by Miller where Proctor and his wife are having a conversation and it sounds very ordinary (you have no internals, of course), but knowing Proctor has had an affair . . . lends the words a whole new meaning. So if I’m trying to really work that subtext (make it resonate, ;-)) then I do the dialogue first, make sure I have the possible double meanings in there, then add the internals, narrative, etc. around it.

By: Amy K.

Amy K. — Wed, 11 May 2005 21:00:39 +0000

I have no tips or tricks. I NEED tips and tricks.

By: Steph T.

Steph T. — Wed, 11 May 2005 20:37:48 +0000

Emma - I find it so hard to balance it, because I have my characters using a lot of one-liner internals, so it all seems like it’s balanced.

*waves hi to Michelle* …anything to make the writing easier:wink:

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 11 May 2005 19:55:59 +0000

Oh, that’s a great idea! I’ll have to try that.

By: Emma

Emma — Wed, 11 May 2005 19:30:12 +0000

Oh, this makes such perfect sense. I think I may be guilty of it, too. I’ll have to go through my earliest chapters and see if I need to add more dialogue.

I know there are several times when my characters ignore each other, but that’s usually because they’re contrary.

It’s such a difficult thing to find balance between internalization and dialogue, though, isn’t it?