tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30931389.post600107825961557298..comments2023-09-06T05:48:05.398-06:00Comments on Terry's Place: Dialogue: Who’s Talking Now?Terry Odellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11610682530545306687noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30931389.post-31221313206844787312011-05-16T16:41:15.207-06:002011-05-16T16:41:15.207-06:00Carol - so true. One of my early crit partners use...Carol - so true. One of my early crit partners used to yell at me for spending too much time letting my characters talk to each other. But I loved putting them in a room or somewhere and letting them talk.Terry Odellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610682530545306687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30931389.post-41295690207417433562011-05-16T16:35:52.759-06:002011-05-16T16:35:52.759-06:00I'm sure your class will be great. I find on f...I'm sure your class will be great. I find on first drafts I have a lot of banter - some of it really cool banter I think - but so much of it has go.Carol Kilgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168273312704732896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30931389.post-46616125737587945282011-05-16T13:45:17.049-06:002011-05-16T13:45:17.049-06:00Elizabeth - definitely. Although I'd say dialo...Elizabeth - definitely. Although I'd say dialogue might be entertaining, but if it's not moving the plot, it's going to get old fast.Terry Odellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610682530545306687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30931389.post-88774945967379043212011-05-16T12:37:38.026-06:002011-05-16T12:37:38.026-06:00Sounds like a great class!
I love dialogue, but i...Sounds like a great class!<br /><br />I love dialogue, but it has to move the story forward somehow or provide some insight into the characters. Otherwise, it's just not entertaining.Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30931389.post-30161560317244102102011-05-16T09:19:37.767-06:002011-05-16T09:19:37.767-06:00Wynter - yes, if characters don't sound right,...Wynter - yes, if characters don't sound right, it's a tough read. And if the reader can't follow it, it become work to read the book, and nobody wants that.Terry Odellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610682530545306687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30931389.post-28206757930655797972011-05-16T08:36:18.549-06:002011-05-16T08:36:18.549-06:00When an author does dialogue badly, it really ruin...When an author does dialogue badly, it really ruins the book for me, even if the story is great. And tagging dialogue seems to confound so many newer writers. Sounds like a worthwhile class.Wynterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13611293420659353094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30931389.post-61071111193726346022011-05-16T08:30:30.345-06:002011-05-16T08:30:30.345-06:00Jan - last I looked, no Thursday. :-) If readers a...Jan - last I looked, no Thursday. :-) If readers are "trained" in the way to interpret dialogue, then steering away from the basics can lead to confusion.<br /><br />Kay - I do have a lesson or two planned on dialogue tags and beats. Maybe some will be converted away from te 'clever' tags.Terry Odellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610682530545306687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30931389.post-12435507574756379822011-05-16T08:11:03.551-06:002011-05-16T08:11:03.551-06:00As a writer AND an editor, the bane of my existenc...As a writer AND an editor, the bane of my existence is dialogue tags. I prefer to use action beats to reorient the reader as to who's talking and also keep the scene fluid. But not everyone likes to write in this style. I'd love to see dialogue tags addressed, though because the house I edit for hates them and many of the authors I edit love them, especially some really unusual and archaic ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30931389.post-32064809917827354152011-05-16T07:08:57.033-06:002011-05-16T07:08:57.033-06:00I found my 'lost' post on my edit posts pa...I found my 'lost' post on my edit posts page. Maybe yours is there too.<br />I'm with you on all the punctuation madness around dialogue - lots of folks ignore the rules and do it there own way. As long as it is clear to the reader and not so weird it disturbs the fictive dream, I think it is OK.<br />But that's just me, a comma phobe.<br /><a href="http://www.labanan.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Jan Morrison</a>Jan Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771180344305042855noreply@blogger.com