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15156328

Anonymous Tue Apr 21 08:51:18 2020 No.15156328 [Reply] [Original]

how do you write good dialog?
I always find myself deleting most of the dialog in a scene

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 21 08:52:59 2020 No.15156336 Do not write dialog, write thoughts instead

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 21 08:54:36 2020 No.15156341 File: 999 KB, 250x251, 1529757948111.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15156336 what did he mean by this?

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 21 08:59:35 2020 No.15156375 >>15156328 Try using dashes instead of quotes like Joyce

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 21 10:38:03 2020 No.15156949 >>15156328 Act it out first. Yes, it's embarrassing, and people will think you're nuts as you switch voices. But the only way to get the inflections, the rhythms of dialogue is to say it and ideally gesture with it too.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 21 10:43:26 2020 No.15156980 >>15156328 A good motto: the audience is smarter than you think. You can imply a huge amount and if your mental picture of the scene is coherent, the reader will infer it all with no problem.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 21 10:56:38 2020 No.15157055 >>15156980 this is what I end up doing, but it makes it come out kind of wannabe noir where everyone is very curt and secretive.

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 21 13:10:07 2020 No.15158035 File: 200 KB, 701x1023, the horror horn.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >bigfoot What can I read about this nigga?

>>	Anonymous Tue Apr 21 13:15:26 2020 No.15158078 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O58WMS_qvb4