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hello its Peter here again from
writer's life and today five dialog
writing tips that every writer should
know about one of the biggest problems
fiction writers face is when trying to
write dialogue great dialog is so
important in writing it brings
characters to life it drives the plot
forward and presents exciting
information to the reader it's used to
express characters emotions to vocalize
their fears and desires and allows the
reader to understand who they are and
what they want
unfortunately writing dialogue doesn't
come naturally to most writers it's a
skill that takes time and practice to
master the problem is if we try to write
dialogue exactly how we would speak it
comes across terribly when read all the
pauses intonation and random subject
changes but we happily accept when we're
having a face-to-face conversation with
someone cannot be written verbatim in
story the good news is however the
writing great dialogue can be learned
and here are five tips to get you
started first use dialogue to bring
depth to your characters a lot can be
conveyed through your character's speech
all of us through different ways of
talking depending on what kind of mood
we're in what we are trying to say and
who we are speaking to translate this
into your writing is your character
angry sad excited happy think about the
language they would use to convey this
what kind of person are they a
straightforward straight talking person
or are they absent-minded and forgetful
are they concealing something from the
person
are talking to are they intelligent
stupid sarcastic or funny think about
the rhythm in which they might speak
slowly and purposefully or perhaps
quickly and out of breath do they mumble
and stop and start do they forget what
they are saying do they ramble on or are
they measured and collected when they
speak even your characters a way of
talking that is consistent throughout
will differentiate them from one another
and make them seem a more believable and
authentic to your reader use everyday
exchanges to help you find your voices
the best way to create great dialogue is
to listen listen to the everyday
conversations that happen all around you
take part in different conversations
with different people yourself and
observe how they talk and react in
certain situations sit on a bus or in a
bar and take notes of the conversations
you hear you'll be surprised at how many
different types there are taking notes
and writing down anything that strikes
you as unusual or interesting is great
for using in your writing to enhance
your characters and influence your story
next avoid overuse of adverbs the best
writers of dialogue convey the emotions
and the characters within it if you find
yourself ending each speech with an
adverb he said angrily
she sighed sadly he joked excitedly then
look back to what you have written and
see if there's another way to convey
this within the dialogue itself if you
have written the dialogue well then
trust that your reader will pick up on
it on what you have tried to get across
rather than spelling it out
for them littering your prose with
adverbs makes for uncomfortable reading
- it can be very distracting and you run
the risk of losing the attention of your
reader if you want to be sure readers
understand the emotion of the scene why
not use an action instead for example
she dug her nails into the palms of her
hands as she spoke this is far more
powerful and will keep the reader
interested as well as giving them an
image to work with rather than pointing
out to them exactly how the character
feels next the dreaded actions everyone
has some sort of accents and if your
characters are from a particular part of
the world you may wish to get that
across in their dialect this is fine and
in fact can be a fantastic way to enrich
your characters and make them appeal to
the reader however if you overdo it it
can completely destroy your dialogue
readers don't want to have to struggle
to understand the character with an
accent so thick you would have to keep
asking them to repeat themselves if you
were having a face-to-face conversation
use an accent sparingly you could still
get it across without making your prose
confused and silly keep it short and
sweet
small talk is not necessary use dialogue
to create drama and to advance the story
we don't need to hear everything a
character might say to another ie all
the normal pleasantries
you might hear in an everyday
conversation your dialogue should be
interesting and full of energy
keep a dialogue where possible - a
couple of sentences at a time any more
than this and you
the risk of using the dialogue to convey
information that a person would never
believably say in an authentic
conversation remember the most important
thing is that your reader believes this
is a conversation that characters could
have if they have to work hard to
believe it it will become tedious to
read remember the best way to create
strong dialogue is to practice it
writers have to be disciplined creatures
and setting some time your writing
schedule to practice writing dialogue or
amending and improving dialogue you've
already written is by far the best way
to achieve this read your dialogue out
loud and if it doesn't sound right then
rewrite it again and again until it does
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