Comments on: The Ins and Outs of Internal Dialogue https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/08/the-ins-and-outs-of-internal-dialogue/ A Blog On Writing Sun, 12 Jan 2025 23:06:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 By: Characters Are People Too: Bring Your Book To Life (Part I) | Writers In The Storm https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/08/the-ins-and-outs-of-internal-dialogue/#comment-138813 Fri, 14 Dec 2018 12:00:24 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34522#comment-138813 […] *Confused about POV? See the beginning of my blog on The Ins and Outs of Internal Dialogue.  […]

]]> By: Nan Lundeen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/08/the-ins-and-outs-of-internal-dialogue/#comment-136535 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 01:59:48 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34522#comment-136535 Excellent, thought-provoking post, Lori. Glad to know it's best to use italics with 3rd person. That issue comes up quite a bit in my critique group. To italicize or not to italicize internal dialogue.

]]> By: dholcomb1 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/08/the-ins-and-outs-of-internal-dialogue/#comment-136422 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:25:56 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34522#comment-136422 I try to break it up and not overuse it.

denise

]]> By: Amorina Rose https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/08/the-ins-and-outs-of-internal-dialogue/#comment-136340 Fri, 24 Aug 2018 04:42:58 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34522#comment-136340 a very good post, thank you

]]> By: scribelady https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/08/the-ins-and-outs-of-internal-dialogue/#comment-136312 Thu, 23 Aug 2018 01:30:17 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34522#comment-136312 Thanks for the examples. Sometimes I don't "get it" until I read the examples.

]]> By: dianegates https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/08/the-ins-and-outs-of-internal-dialogue/#comment-136283 Tue, 21 Aug 2018 14:55:23 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34522#comment-136283 Fantastic blog, Lori. Without your wonderful teaching ability I dread to think about where I'd be. Thank you again and again for the energy, time, and wisdom you continue to share with the likes of us! May I print this for the LifeSavers?

]]> By: Laura Drake https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/08/the-ins-and-outs-of-internal-dialogue/#comment-136279 Tue, 21 Aug 2018 08:51:27 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34522#comment-136279 In reply to Fae Rowen.

Maybe, Fae, but don't delete! It needs to go somewhere else, right?

]]> By: The Ins and Outs of Internal Dialogue | rogerpseudonym https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/08/the-ins-and-outs-of-internal-dialogue/#comment-136278 Tue, 21 Aug 2018 08:14:08 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34522#comment-136278 […] This time, I want to shift to internal dialogue—what your characters don’t say out loud to […] Source link […]

]]> By: Fae Rowen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/08/the-ins-and-outs-of-internal-dialogue/#comment-136276 Tue, 21 Aug 2018 05:37:58 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34522#comment-136276 I just finished editing a chapter with too much backstory in the internal dialogue. Dang! I have to stop and think, "Would I really be thinking about that when I'm in this awful situation?" Of course not. Delete. Delete. Delete.

]]> By: Lori Freeland https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/08/the-ins-and-outs-of-internal-dialogue/#comment-136273 Tue, 21 Aug 2018 02:35:17 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34522#comment-136273 In reply to littlemissw.

Thanks for sharing! I love the direct thoughts that really make you feel like you're in the character's head 🙂

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