: Re: How can one write good dialogue in a story without sounding wooden? I began an assignment to write a short story for a Creative Writing submission to a publication and although it was accepted,

Treat it like a play. Read the conversation aloud. Does it sound like something the character would say? Does it build either character, plot or world? If not, why is it there? Is it something that someone would say: "Good morning" may not be building anything, but you don't want your character to sound rude either, as in walking up to someone and just start talking. So try to sound natural. If it sounds odd to the ear, then it is probably odd to the eyes. Unless you intended it to be odd.

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: In slightly different words from those of Reverend Lovejoy: Short answer, maybe not with an if; long answer, maybe with a but. Remember when they made you read specific novels in school,

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: A pulse, a throb, and a beat I wrote a passage where one of my characters heard beats, (i.e., the sound) then he found the beating object and, when he held it in his hand, it started throbbing

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: Is there a name for the technique in songs/poems, where the rhyming pattern primes the listener for a certain line, which never comes? Usually used for comedic purposes, for example in Shrek:

: Re: How can one write good dialogue in a story without sounding wooden? I began an assignment to write a short story for a Creative Writing submission to a publication and although it was accepted,

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: Imagine women who grew up playing with barbies, who did a "girly" subject at university if they went, who wear pink dresses and hairbows, who have an ectomorphic frame and... well, whatever

: In slightly different words from those of Reverend Lovejoy: Short answer, maybe not with an if; long answer, maybe with a but. Remember when they made you read specific novels in school,

: A pulse, a throb, and a beat I wrote a passage where one of my characters heard beats, (i.e., the sound) then he found the beating object and, when he held it in his hand, it started throbbing

: Is there a name for the technique in songs/poems, where the rhyming pattern primes the listener for a certain line, which never comes? Usually used for comedic purposes, for example in Shrek:

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