How Much Blabberbdobyoublike?

[NOIRTRASH]

In my latest effort I cut almost all narrative and transitional filler.

 

[sr71plt]

How wonderful for you.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

Good for you. A lot of it is just window dressing, anyway. Or as I call it, the sob story. People like the sob story.

In my latest effort I cut almost all narrative and transitional filler.

 

[sr71plt]

Tell us about about the story you're currently pretending to be working on CF. We set aside everything we're doing and are all ears. Or, wait, maybe it's important enough to post your own thread on it.

 

[NotWise]

In my latest effort I cut almost all narrative and transitional filler.

I dislike both of those things anyway. They have a place, but a small place. My biggest problem is with the transitions. At my best I can get them done in one sentence, but I've also had a reader comment about the rough ride.

 

[SecondCircle]

Meh. As long as it's interesting and pertinent to the story. If not it probably needs to be cut. I don't so much have this problem as I do making sentences or paragraphs longer than they need be when delivering a simple idea. That gets the scalpel on the read through. If something can be put more simply or at least in a better way, I try to.

 

[TxRad]

Some stories require lots of dialog, some don't.

Dialog is a good way to make characters real as apposed to cardboard cutouts.

Dialog can carry a story forward faster, if done right.

Good dialog is actually hard to write.

IMHO in any case.

 

[SamScribble]

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Good dialog is actually hard to write.

Oh, yes!

Having spent many years writing for radio and TV, I can confirm that many otherwise good writers struggle to write convincing dialogue. Often, they can get the narrative right, but the moment one of the characters has some direct speech, you find yourself thinking: What!?

 

[NOIRTRASH]

Oh, yes!

Having spent many years writing for radio and TV, I can confirm that many otherwise good writers struggle to write convincing dialogue. Often, they can get the narrative right, but the moment one of the characters has some direct speech, you find yourself thinking: What!?

In grad school I took a course about translating ordinary speech to pure intents and purposes. Writing dialog is the reverse process.

 

[ThisNameIsntTakenYet]

When I first started writing I relied mostly on descriptions and actions to tell the story, with the occasional dialogue. Now that I've got more experience my writing is more balanced. It took a while for me to understand the importance of good dialogue. I agree that that is hard to write though. Like Noir said, you need to understand the exact thoughts and feelings of a character to write convincing dialogue for them. That can take some time to learn to do correctly.

 

[lovecraft68]

Some stories require lots of dialog, some don't.

Dialog is a good way to make characters real as apposed to cardboard cutouts.

Dialog can carry a story forward faster, if done right.

Good dialog is actually hard to write.

IMHO in any case.

I'm opposite, my dialogue always seems to flow and a lot of people have said its my strength. I get bogged down with narratives sometimes. When "I" have to talk rather than the characters it slows down on me.