Comments on: 5 Quick Dialogue Tips: Round 1

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:19:43 +0000

In reply to raynayday. Dialogue is the best! My personal opinion is that is the most fun thing to have on the page.

By: raynayday

raynayday — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 21:00:02 +0000

Like the others here I enjoy writing dialogue, I like to think that I am good at it, others.... well they will decide wither I am or not. Lol- I loved that you used the Aaron Sorkin idea. He is rather good at dialogue.

By: dholcomb1

dholcomb1 — Mon, 24 May 2021 02:17:48 +0000

Love your examples.

I love writing dialogue. I should probably try screenwriting. lol

denise

By: Christina Anne Hawthorne

Christina Anne Hawthorne — Sat, 22 May 2021 01:46:24 +0000

I loved this post. Thank you. I smiled all the way through it. When I read one of my first drafts there are places where I'll note that it reads like two people taking turns reading lengthy monologues. During the first edit I'll break it up, clarify, and add touches of body language, tone, and internals to make it richer. The transformation is always astounding.

By: AlexsandraThompson

AlexsandraThompson — Fri, 21 May 2021 23:57:04 +0000

I love writing dialogue and I am always looking for ways to improve my craft.

I got the email for part 2 of this post, but the link just goes to the WITS photo. I have tried copying the link, too, to no avail. Can somebody help?

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Fri, 21 May 2021 21:24:47 +0000

In reply to Julie Glover. I like having reminders too!!

By: Eldred Bird

Eldred Bird — Fri, 21 May 2021 21:24:21 +0000

I love this. Dialogue is totally my thing. I especially like the use of action tags rather than the normal "he said, she said" back and forth that kills the pacing. Building the movement into the conversations and allowing the scene to be painted through the character's interaction with the environment feels much more natural to me. I also like to make sure my characters have distinctive voices so you know who is talking just by the dialogue itself. If there are only two or three characters in a scene, the tags almost become unnecessary after the characters are established.

By: Julie Glover

Julie Glover — Fri, 21 May 2021 20:38:43 +0000

In reply to Ellen. Yep, it is always something! For that reason, I like having reminders.

By: Julie Glover

Julie Glover — Fri, 21 May 2021 20:38:16 +0000

In reply to Jenny Hansen. I LOVE dialogue too! But I always find ways to tighten it up and make it do more. :)

By: Ellen

Ellen — Fri, 21 May 2021 18:53:27 +0000

The first problem I had with dialogue was making sure the reader knew who was speaking. That still happens now and then, but reading out loud helps me catch most of the he said, she said.

Now I'm working on minimizing dialogue tags.

It's always something.