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    Recent Content Tagged With dialogue

  1. DAcrazy79
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    Would it be ok to use grammatical errors in typed dialogue?

    Ok so my MC and another character in my story are typing back and forth to each other, but the other character uses bad grammar. Would it be...
    Thread by: DAcrazy79, Jun 27, 2017 at 12:08 AM, 15 replies, in forum: General Writing
  2. Von_Mitchell
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    Speech impediments in dialogue

    Let's say I'm writing a character who had his lips cut off so he can't really pronounce words with B, M, W, V, and to a lesser extent F, and V....
    Thread by: Von_Mitchell, Jun 22, 2017 at 4:13 PM, 11 replies, in forum: General Writing
  3. UnderTheMoon
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    Dialogue...

    New to the forum and I'm hoping I've got the right section here... Essentially I have a question to do with dialogue which I haven't been able to...
    Thread by: UnderTheMoon, Jun 16, 2017, 1 replies, in forum: Word Mechanics
  4. jakeybum
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    Semicolon in Written Dialogue

    Is it absolutely incorrect to use a semicolon in dialogue? Is there a rule that prohibits this? Joe said, "Nancy went to the movies; I went to...
    Thread by: jakeybum, Jun 4, 2017, 19 replies, in forum: Word Mechanics
  5. GB reader
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    How to break dialogue

    I have two characters talking. Something like. "...", he said. "...", she said. (repeat 16,5 times) They are planning a romantic heist...
    Thread by: GB reader, Jun 3, 2017, 9 replies, in forum: Word Mechanics
  6. Cave Troll
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    Dialogue with quoting in the middle, I need some help.

    So I am not really sure how to have a character transition from dialogue to verbally quoting someone. Not sure if this is a normal problem or if...
    Thread by: Cave Troll, May 25, 2017, 22 replies, in forum: Word Mechanics
  7. cherrya
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    Dialogue How do you make the dialogue right?

    Dialogue is my weakness. I write, but it never sounds like them. I know my characters, although I'm still at the begining, but it just sounds...
    Thread by: cherrya, Apr 11, 2017, 7 replies, in forum: General Writing
  8. ChaseTheSun
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    Quirky Mentor/Mother Figure

    I've realised that I need to create a mentor/confidante character to fill in the gaps in my MC's arc. Eleanor isn't close to her own mother and I...
    Thread by: ChaseTheSun, Apr 9, 2017, 19 replies, in forum: Character Development
  9. Brigid
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    What would dialogue in 2nd person look like?

    Let's say Adam and Eve (just an example, didn't come up with something else at the moment) would talk about an apple in the 2nd person. Adam:...
    Thread by: Brigid, Feb 12, 2017, 44 replies, in forum: Word Mechanics
  10. platerawriter
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    Voice for 19th Century New Englanders

    Hey everyone, This might sound a little strange to be asking for, but I'm wondering if any of you are familiar with current/ more contemporary...
    Thread by: platerawriter, Jan 29, 2017, 7 replies, in forum: Research
  11. Masterspeler
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    Punctuation Commas, or why I use them to editor's chagrin

    So I had a sample edit done, and while there were very few typos (in fact none, just false corrects like think instead of thing), one thing stood...
    Thread by: Masterspeler, Sep 29, 2016, 71 replies, in forum: Word Mechanics
  12. Sennett
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    Alternative. For. This. In. Dialogue.

    So I'm trying to write this piece of dialogue, and I want to show the way the speaker emphasizes each separate word. The line of dialogue: "No...
    Thread by: Sennett, Jun 5, 2016, 10 replies, in forum: Word Mechanics
  13. Catrin Lewis
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    Dialogue Subtext

    So here I am with my novel written, and I'm just waiting for the last two beta readers to finish with it before I get my act together and...
    Thread by: Catrin Lewis, May 29, 2016, 8 replies, in forum: General Writing
  14. tumblingdice
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    realistic teen dialogue

    In my fanfic, most of the characters are 15-16, except for a couple of seniors. I think I got the teen characteristics right, you know, the...
    Thread by: tumblingdice, May 25, 2016, 47 replies, in forum: Character Development
  15. NeighborVoid
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    Introducing lore without sounding like raw exposition?

    I'm having some trouble introducing lore naturally in dialogue. Context : A newly discovered exoplanet is being terraformed. During the...
    Thread by: NeighborVoid, Dec 30, 2015, 8 replies, in forum: Plot Development
  16. joy4856
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    Setting Character personality during dialogue ?

    My dialogue seems bland. Honestly I cant even tell the difference between them during a conversation. They both sound like they have the same...
    Thread by: joy4856, Dec 29, 2015, 15 replies, in forum: Character Development
  17. pianodog
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    Writing a foreign character?

    My character, Kijn is from another world, essentially like another dimension not a planet. He thus has an accent and speaks funny. But he is the...
    Thread by: pianodog, Dec 17, 2015, 2 replies, in forum: Word Mechanics
  18. Catrin Lewis
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    Acronyms in dialogue

    How do you/yinz/ya'll handle acronyms in dialogue? I've got my male protagonist telling my female protagonist the tale of how he ended up in her...
    Thread by: Catrin Lewis, Nov 9, 2015, 11 replies, in forum: Word Mechanics
  19. ShalaylaW
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    Getting in touch with my MC

    So I've been currently told that my MC's dialogue doesn't always quite match the narration from her thoughts, for it's from her point of view....
    Thread by: ShalaylaW, Oct 23, 2015, 20 replies, in forum: Character Development
  20. GingerCoffee
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    Grammar One person mocking the words of two: one paragraph or two?

    “You’re going close to the Founder city!” I said in a whiney voice mocking Darcy’s words. “You’re going to get us all killed,” I mimicked Corinne....
    Thread by: GingerCoffee, Aug 9, 2015, 3 replies, in forum: Word Mechanics
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