Hey all, I'm new here, first time poster yay! Anyway I'm writing a YA story at the moment and there is a scene where I have three characters...
Through the reading I used to do I know what a written dialogue is suppose to look like, with an indent here and a tag there. Through several...
I was just re-reading my January 2020 copy of the UK print magazine Writers' Forum (totally NOT connected with us in any way!) and came across a...
I have never been a mother. I have observed mothers, but apparently not enough to write them convincingly. I'm looking for some tips on writing...
(1) For situations where you include dialogue tags in the middle or end of dialogue, when do you use a comma after the dialogue tag when it's...
It's come to my attention that I write a lot of inline dialogue. Like, a real lot. What is your opinion on the matter?
Hello guys, how are you doing? I'm not an english native speaker [or writer], so there might be some mistakes here. My question is universal...
There's one piece of advice the agent I'm querying gave me that I'm a little iffy on. What are you guys' opinions on it? "Henry shouldn't talk...
I am writing a play with the two main characters hailing from two very different worlds. The man is the head of marketing in a consultancy...
I'm having trouble drawing a line between stage direction of my characters and their dialogue. I'm not sure if I'm balancing them correctly or if...
Sorry if I weirdly worded that title/question, it's just a bit difficult to put my thoughts into words. Also, I apologize if I'm tagging this...
I'm currently writing a novel, and one of my dialogue sounds like this : "Are you hungry, zombie boy? Do you even still remember the last time...
Hello, I have a scene in my story in which the protagonist is set to fight another character to the death. I have a 3rd character yell out...
Do I use the same dialogue rules when a character speaking in their thoughts just as someone speaking out loud? I have my characters talking,...
In my WIP I have multiple instances where a character is asking another one a question or saying some small sentence to someone, but instead of...
I've got a setting I'm working on that has a lot of people of different cultures in a large, sprawling urban setting. As a result I'm going to run...
What are some formatting techniques you guys have used to give certain characters a narrative edge? Something that sets them apart, like when this...
Hi all, In my current piece I have a sweet Irish lady as a side character, and most of her scene is dialogue based. I want her to sound Irish,...
Hello guys. I have this question that may be simple, but it's bugging me. What do you advice to use on dialogue? Or both works? Example: 'Yes,...
Most of us write more formally than we speak. That's fine. I'm down with fragments and whatnot in dialogue. What I'm wondering is, do the two...
Separate names with a comma.
