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: Writing 19th century upperclass English dialog I was recently rereading bits of Pride and Prejudice and the dialog is absolutely brilliant. How can I learn to write dialog that sounds like it
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: How should dialog be formatted? Is there any "official" rule that I should keep in mind when formatting character dialog? Line breaks, placement of quotes, mixing dialog with action descriptions
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: Character with extreme manners My objective is Victorian-style tea-drinking "upper class" lady characters. (It's more of a writing challenge.) Does anyone have any useful resources or tips for creating
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: Dialog, just what's the best way to write it? I've come across the following conventions: "What’s this for?" asked Jake. Sue replied, "None of your business." He shrugged his shoulders.
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: What are good dialog writing tips? Possible Duplicate: How should dialog be formatted? Writing dialogue has been a challenge. From the punctuations to the tags, it all still very
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: First conversation scenes I've written (looking for errors, conventions, and improvements according to writing standards) I would like to know if I'm doing something wrong (according to writing
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: Meretricious - A bit too fancy? I have a character that I want to sound very intelligent, well educated, someone who always uses the correct words with no unnecessary filler. I have found the
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: What is the Priority in an Action/Adventure Novel: Dialogues or Conflict? I am currently working on a novel and I was having some trouble finding the best solution for this question. I understand
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: How do you avoid the problem of all the characters in your story sounding the same? There's a common flaw that I can easily detect in amateur writing, (and of course my own) which essentially
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: Conlang question Diving (OK, dove) into conlanging for a novel I'm working on. The Conlang is atmospheric and allows for some subplot intrigue, but it's not absolutely essential to the story.
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: I'm getting tired of "he said" "she said" in dialogue; how do I get around it? I get tired of "he said", "she said", "they replied". Is there a better, but still reasonable way, to indicate
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: How do you reference pop culture in a dialogue without proper attribution? I'm not sure exactly how to ask this question in a vacuum so I'll give an example first: Many people are familiar
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: How can I break up a lengthy explanation? I have a setting in one of my stories where a character has to describe a very long series of events, giving the history of an object so that others
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: Dialogue writing practices? First time novelist, long time writer here. I'm looking for creative writing exercises to help with my dialogue. Any ideas?
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: How can I write dialog to express groveling? How can you write dialog where someone is groveling? I'm thinking of something like this: "Why were you late for work? Explain yourself."
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: How can I accurately represent young adult dialogue? There was a recent question that caused quite a stir around here, not so much for the question itself, but more the purpose of the question.
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: How to write English in Merlin (TV Series) style? I find the writing style of the show Merlin to be very good, and much better than current/modern English usage. Details about the show can
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: How to write realistic female dialogue I just can't make my dialogue sound like it's being said by a woman. As a friend of mine pointed out, "This woman talks just like you, Jack." I tried
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: How to create varying, yet realistic, speech patterns Different characters speak differently. If someone reads me a letter written by an immediate relative, I can tell right away who wrote it.
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: Attributives in dialogue I normally stick with "he said" and "she said" to keep things simple and transparent to the reader but wondering about questions. Is "she asked" and "he asked" appropriate
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: How does one include sign language in a dialogue? If one character is using sign language and lip reading while the other is speaking normally, how do you represent the lines of the former?
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: How does one present spoken dialogue as a secondary language to signed speech? I was starting to leave a comment on this excellent question when I realized I had come up with a second question
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: Does there have to be a difference when writing different genders? Possible Duplicate: The opposite sex in first person? How to write realistic female dialogue Is there an inherent
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: How to improve the ending of my short novel (mostly dialogue)? In a previous question, I asked about how to improve the opening of my short novel. The following is the ending: "Can I
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: How to plan dialog and keep it on track? When I'm writing a plotline, it often works out that I know two characters will be meeting each other in a particular scene, and that they will converse.
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: Parenthetical phrases within dialog I'm curious about the history and use of parenthetical phrases within dialog. I offer two contrasting examples: An example of an "unvoiced" parenthetical phrase
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: Is this dialogue and situation intriguing (short story)? This is the continuation of a story I mentioned in a previous story. I would like to know if the reader would feel intrigued by the
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: Is going 'off-topic' a sign of bad dialogue? I always wondered if going off-topic in a dialogue is a bad or a normal thing. For example, let's say I'm writing a novel where the main theme
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: Deciding whether to use a dialogue tag or an action tag in a dialogue Example: "I'm not saying you don't know what you are talking about," he said, then looked at her and shrugged
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: Striking the balance between dialogue and narrative I am participating in National Novel Writing Month this year. I have never in my life written so much of a single story. Although I am
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: Using dashes in writing dialogue Does anyone use em dashes (or two hyphens) to denote speakers in dialogue passages? Joyce does this as does William Gaddis. Many others. I practice it, but my
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: Alternatives to "he said" in dialogue I'm working on my first fiction story. And one mechanical thing I struggle with is how to identify the speakers in dialog without constantly saying "Bob
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: Avoiding making all your characters sound the same We surely all have little quirks to our speech. Like my daughter once criticized my writing for using the word "surely" too much. (See, I
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: Must every piece of speech get its own paragraph? I've had a few people read pieces of narrative writing I've done, and they seem to take issue with the fact that I sometimes put a piece
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: Do the characters in the following dialogue sound the same? The following unedited dialogue is from a novel I'm writing (which is based on a short story I wrote a while ago): "I hope
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: Should I close this quoted paragraph? I have a paragraph of dialog which technically continues into the next paragraph, but I want to interject a "she continued" almost immediately into the second
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: Should dull dialogue be removed completely? The following dialogue is from a novel I'm writing (first draft): "You're quiet tonight," Erin said to Benjamin, who seemed to be lost in thoughts.
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: Putting a dialogue a tag before a quote Sometimes I see stuff like this: X said, "..." "..." X did this, and then said, "..." Is it used to just vary sentence structure? Or to
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: A more effective way of writing this dialogue: I'm translating a story, and there is scene in it where an ex-colleague asks the man who had slapped the female protagonist the reason for his
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: Is it unusual for a flashback to have a very long dialogue? This flashback is from a short story I'm writing (unedited first draft): I met Limei last summer. Our class had organized a graduation
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