I'm not at home now. Give me a day or two and I'll PM you some of the authors I've studied. They're an eye opener. And you're right, it's not on...
A builder, no. A chef, no. But people who write using purely dialogue do so for a specialist market all of their own - so, using your analogy, why...
Pick me and you're dead, mate. But, well, I guess a photo's ok...Just this once mind.
But it has been done. :) And it has to be one of the hardest ways to master writing. It's a lot easier to use narrative description, but to rely...
Hmmm, I'm inclined to agree with Rei. The very fact you're questioning it tells you there's something not right about it and no degree can teach...
'Here' and 'there' are deictic adverbs, Zaff. They act like situational references to tell 'where' and 'when' of a speaking act. 'Here' is a lot...
I honestly don't have a problem with this. But it's purely a syslistic choice. Make it a list and you get that robotic run-on feel to it 'and...
Forget 'my Lady' and just work with what comes after the vocative, Zaff. 'My Lady' a vocative (vocative is the techincal term when you address...
I have to admit that I like to visualise my own characters when I'm reading. Reader interaction is a big part of keeping your reader interested....
Hah, Scotland. Just up t' North from me (West Midlands). And it's good to have another mum on here too. Hopefully we'll see you around, hun.
Nice to have you here, noob.
Lol. More like mum then. Although you'd have long since thrown me out on the street due to my lack of disrespect for my elders. Personally I blame...
That's what I was asking, hun.;)
The guy on the tv knew when to break and what he was breaking the rules for (style and effect), and I think the important thing here is that he...
Separate names with a comma.
