Having decided to opt out of Nanowrimo this year in favor of more thorough plotting for my next project, I have finally found the core problem...
I'm still just getting to know all these different sub-forums, so forgive me if this isn't the right place to post a thread like this. Anyways, I...
Hi, guys. This has probably been asked before but I'm having trouble figuring out how to write a section of my writing where one character is...
Hi there! I'm new to the forum and super excited to discover more about the community! I have a pressing question - I am trying to write a...
I've recently been having a lot of difficulty giving my characters a unique voice in their dialogue. Neither of my two main characters is a...
Creating believable natural conversations Hello everybody. I apologize if this thread is in the wrong section; I have no idea with where else to...
My attempt at introducing myself in the third-person at another site didn't work too well, so let me try it another way......
Should the dialogue and action be speerate in writing? eg "Hurry up" John said looking back over his shoulder to his younger brother or...
One of my ideas revolves around a single character's experience in a post apocalyptic setting. I'm curious, how important is dialogue to a story?...
I understand that when using spoken dialogue you would write it as "Hello Mary, how are you?" However, how would you define character written...
Hey all, I feel like I'm getting a good hold on the actual dialogue: using good tone, adding tension, getting to the point, etc., but I...
Hello, I'm a new member so I hope I'm posting this in the correct section. Anyway, I am currently writing a romance story between two men who...
Hey~ Well, here's the deal: My character is a teenager from Dublin, who moves to London. I don't think it would make sense for him to not use...
I want people to really care about my characters but I'm not sure what they should be talking about if there not talking about the plot and there...
Has anyone else ever notice how everyone when answering a question or just responding to something, before they say their sentence they start of...
I'm looking for interesting ways of breaking up some of the longer dialogue exchanges in the novel I'm working on. If two or more people are...
Hoping to get some positive feedback on this. I won't go in to my character's personality and traits but rather describe her background. Her...
Hey! Its been quite a long time since I last was on here, But I would like to become part of this community again - since I have started writing...
I'm struggling with a scene that involves seven characters all talking together. Six of the seven only appear in this one scene and aren't...
Hi everyone, I'm curious to find out what people think about dialogue and/or speech patterns in fantasy novels. I've noticed that a lot of...
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