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Ironic Twist posted:Can everyone share their own strategies for writing dialogue? Besides stalking/wiretapping I've had some luck with writing the first draft without any dialogue tags or blocking. Just their words, back and forth. I tend to get bogged down with those things and lose the flow of the conversation otherwise. Then go back and pare it down and add necessary tags and blocking for color.
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sebmojo posted:don't have people answering each other's questions, have people talk over and round and through each other to get what they want. don't write like people talk, write like people talk in good books. This for sure. Also, here's one I'm guilty of -- avoid adding action to dialogue tags. "Get the gently caress out," Hawklad said, as he stomped his foot and pointed to the door. reads much better as "Get the gently caress out," Hawklad said. He stomped his foot and pointed to the door. The dialogue should be important enough to stand on its own. And so should the action.
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