tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post7398543251431630315..comments2023-11-03T04:49:04.527-07:00Comments on The Anti-Wife: Lesson 4 - DialogueThe Anti-Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02027321787352577548noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-61523224438490462012008-03-13T04:12:00.000-07:002008-03-13T04:12:00.000-07:00Useful reminders.Useful reminders.Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-27305988319887960682008-03-12T17:20:00.000-07:002008-03-12T17:20:00.000-07:00I was reading along, feeling smug (I used to teach...I was reading along, feeling smug (I used to teach a lot of this stuff, you see) when I got to the part about quotation marks occurring OUTSIDE semicolons and colons. Eeek! I didn't know that! After the initial shock and horror, I ran a mental check of when I might have put a semicolon or colon INSIDE a quotation mark and I could not think of an occasion. Big sigh of relief...<BR/><BR/>I like the "heightened reality" quotation too, and this is a useful pointer, especially for an overwriter like me. Who feels like slogging through a whole thicket of ums, ahs, likes, and you knows...?Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-16188066847779450762008-03-12T16:21:00.000-07:002008-03-12T16:21:00.000-07:00Actually, I am really appreciating your postings o...Actually, I am really appreciating your postings on this! It is a great refresher and in many cases new to me too!<BR/><BR/>thanks bunches!Ello - Ellen Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311917335471167591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-91957909585918443442008-03-12T14:56:00.000-07:002008-03-12T14:56:00.000-07:00Excellent post. Very useful information. As always...Excellent post. Very useful information. As always, thanks for sharing. :-)Tréehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11742129819547567342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-44226489265260509802008-03-12T08:59:00.000-07:002008-03-12T08:59:00.000-07:00Soound advice and I love this desription ... Good ...Soound advice and I love this desription ... Good dialogue isn't reality, it's "heightened reality."Travis Erwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420879160702098979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-39879527059389395862008-03-12T08:05:00.000-07:002008-03-12T08:05:00.000-07:00interesting -- my wife (also a fiction writer) wer...interesting -- my wife (also a fiction writer) were having a discussion about dialog just yesterday.<BR/><BR/>the rules you list are good ones. even those who should know better, like my former fellow mfa students, have trouble with following basic grammar and punctuation with dialog.<BR/><BR/>one thing that i see with inexperienced writers in particular is overuse of adverbs, as you mentioned. also, i'm always suspicious of people sighing, breathing, grunting, etc. instead of just saying. the dialog itself should indicate tone, n'est-ce pas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-12893454594933560622008-03-12T07:30:00.000-07:002008-03-12T07:30:00.000-07:00JER: Good points about dialogue and movies.AW: Gre...JER: Good points about dialogue and movies.<BR/><BR/>AW: Great writing advice. Dialogue is one of my bug-a-boos. And I see so many writers are ignoring quotes, or have two lines said by two people in the same paragraph. Lots of disregarding the rules, yet thy get published. Me? I try to stick to the rules.Josephine Damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952030380866201241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-78072778351068642502008-03-12T04:10:00.000-07:002008-03-12T04:10:00.000-07:00May I suggest something else that dialogue in writ...May I suggest something else that dialogue in writing does . . . it makes your book more like a movie or play.<BR/><BR/>I suggest that the increased use of dialogue in novels followed the growth in the play and then movie industries in the part 200 years. Books before that did not have much dialogue.<BR/><BR/>And our society perceives plays (first) and now movies as more "real."John Robisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407165016025447113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-64794338331437596672008-03-11T21:45:00.000-07:002008-03-11T21:45:00.000-07:00You are really nice for posting these writing less...You are really nice for posting these writing lessons! Thank you!!!<BR/><BR/>I love writing dialogue! Talk, talk, talk, talk.... I wish I could sell a book that only has dialogue. I suck at scene description and flounder with characterization. But dialogue, I'm there!!<BR/><BR/>Did you see EE's writing exercise this past weekend? He gives really good comments on dialogue from people's WIPs.Chris Eldinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794946908789120139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8410616401062748816.post-10876891139182574162008-03-11T20:51:00.000-07:002008-03-11T20:51:00.000-07:001. Start a new paragraph with each new speaker.If ...<I>1. Start a new paragraph with each new speaker.<BR/><BR/>If you are going to use a tag line, do so as soon as stylistically possible.</I><BR/><BR/>Thank you. These two are basic "Warning Will Robinson, a new writer approaching!" at the zine.ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.com