tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post1296001226334668846..comments2024-03-25T05:17:05.202-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: WHAT YOU SAY?Roland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-60734235912742314122014-06-11T12:53:06.033-05:002014-06-11T12:53:06.033-05:00Helena:
You're right: the dialogue that stays ...Helena:<br />You're right: the dialogue that stays with us is the dialogue that sounds real with differing voices speaking. :-)<br /><br />Elephant's Child:<br />Clumsy or artificial dialogue is the beginning of the end for any book I read, too!<br /><br />D.G.:<br />Thanks for the email. :-)<br /><br />Polishing dialogue is what I do while showering and shaving. Gypsy used to look at me strangely at those times. LOL.<br /><br />Oh, the book where she stars in several chapters, GHOST OF A CHANCE, is very soon to come to audiook format!!<br /><br />Donna:<br />Definitely, you must have something to polish and shine in your editing after all!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-38197408014431236822014-06-11T12:53:02.339-05:002014-06-11T12:53:02.339-05:00Helena:
You're right: the dialogue that stays ...Helena:<br />You're right: the dialogue that stays with us is the dialogue that sounds real with differing voices speaking. :-)<br /><br />Elephant's Child:<br />Clumsy or artificial dialogue is the beginning of the end for any book I read, too!<br /><br />D.G.:<br />Thanks for the email. :-)<br /><br />Polishing dialogue is what I do while showering and shaving. Gypsy used to look at me strangely at those times. LOL.<br /><br />Oh, the book where she stars in several chapters, GHOST OF A CHANCE, is very soon to come to audiook format!!<br /><br />Donna:<br />Definitely, you must have something to polish and shine in your editing after all!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-45475917482486482332014-06-11T01:34:11.724-05:002014-06-11T01:34:11.724-05:00I'm an advocate of writing down anything that...I'm an advocate of writing down anything that strikes an author as important in the development (rough draft) of a novel. Editing is for clearing out the trash. I think drafting is the hardest part of writing - just getting something down so the author has something to work with. Editing/revision is where the real story is developed.<br /><br />I consider the first writing more like plotting; basic outline of a story that has develpmental potential.dolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-83927633061019234752014-06-11T00:38:58.612-05:002014-06-11T00:38:58.612-05:00Great advice! Scenes and dialogue are two things I...Great advice! Scenes and dialogue are two things I enjoy writing even if I have to rework it many times. <br /><br />Mutual friend emailed,btw.D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-60156705285685559172014-06-10T23:30:10.204-05:002014-06-10T23:30:10.204-05:00Hear, hear. And clumsy unconvincing dialogue is t...Hear, hear. And clumsy unconvincing dialogue is the start of the end for me. And often a swift end.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-54029313517896945082014-06-10T23:04:16.289-05:002014-06-10T23:04:16.289-05:00This is very good advice about dialogue. I've...This is very good advice about dialogue. I've read too many books where all the characters have the same pattern of speech, the same vocabulary, the same rhythm, except maybe for the bad guy who talks like a cartoon of a villain.<br /><br />I used to go to a lot of plays, and that helped to teach me about dialogue. For me, The Laramie Project had the most astonishing, memorable dialogue, yet it was based on real stories told by real life people--hence the distinct, different voices.Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967821142796562697noreply@blogger.com