/lit/ - Literature

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Sounds of gunfire, muffled by the ruins of buildings that were once considered something more than just cover and concealment. The smell of burning flesh, a sweet smell, only made bitter by the realization of what fueled the black fire. The sun beating down on the broken city, its light trying to clean away the dirt and grime and failing terribly in doing so.

And still...

A Resistance Fighter, the grip with which he holds his weapon a telling sign of his amateurism in military matters, but the strength in his pose telling a epic about his dedication to The Cause.

A Musician, standing to the side, avoiding the spotlight while giving a underlying soundtrack to this all. Trying to give meaning, trying to give reason to a world he recognizes but can no longer explain.

The Woman, liberated by this all, a victor in a war where there are no victors, a voice crying out against the madness that shall never again be quieted until she's dead. Considering the violence that has engulfed her environment, that might come sooner than any would wish.

How does one effectively depict the sounds of dialogue in literature?

How do you get across the little tilts of the voice when asking a question, the longer pauses between words when one is worried, the soft, hush pronunciation when one is trying to tell a secret.

In plays, television, and film it's easy, the audience just HEARS that, but how does one correctly describe that without filling up the pages with nothing but descriptor phrases after the dialogue?