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 ThusTheStorySays rated 4 months ago- the moth returned sometime later it did not like the girl it didn't like my lightbulb either but it especially didn't like the girl it flew at her and messed up her hair i couldn't have that you know a moth harassing a girl on my lawn so i swatted at the thing with the broken light bu...
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- antranik rated 2 weeks ago
- Interesting writing tips.
- jrrivera rated 5 weeks ago
- Writing tips that come in handy.
- fjose99 rated 6 weeks ago
- interesting content
- MeghnaK rated 6 weeks ago
- All about dialogue writing.
- lrlwreath rated 3 weeks ago
- Great writing tips.
- GlendaWH rated 5 weeks ago
- Tips to keep in mind when writing dialogue.
- MusicMaker219 rated 5 weeks ago
- this gives a really great pov and advice. i shall be using this more often ;)
- azukay rated 7 weeks ago
- For the negative comments on this page, if you read some of the best novels of the last quarter century, (and im not talking about RA Salvatore) you Will find these tips used through out those books, not as though they've read them and used the advice, but as natural writing.
"If I can barely decipher what advice is being given to me, I don't think I'll be taking it, thankyouverymuch."
If you cant understand the tips, you shouldn't be writing stories (if you are or want to be at some point), and the statement you made pretty much speaks for itself.
- thewisdomjournal rated 7 weeks ago
- I wrote a blog post several weeks ago that used dialogue to communicate a point on personal finances called "How Bad Debt Leads to a Bad Job and a Rough Life." It was pretty successful, but if I had used some of these tips, I think it would have done even better.
- Garth-Alex rated 8 weeks ago
- From the page: "5. Use the verb "said" almost without exception.
Don't strive for variety like past teachers have suggested. Notice the bad examples ahead, and avoid them.
"Give it to me," she demanded.
"Here it is," he offered.
"Is it loaded?" she inquired.
"I hate to admit that," he grimaced.
"Come closer," she smiled.
"So you've changed your mind" he chuckled.
Choose "said" above all other tags. Professional use "said" because it doesn't draw attention--a kind of comma. Not noticed, so the writing flows along like smooth jazz.
Remember, verbs other than "said" tend to draw attention away from the dialogue. They jump out as mechanics. "Said" is more like a punctuation mark--it is graceful and elegant."
This is just one of all of his rules I broke smashed to smithereens in Ascendancy, but I pretty knew my writing was shite.
Thanks to SwiftLikeaFox for the discovery.
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