About dialogue: She said, he said. p3

Here we are again trying to discover the “secrets” of dialogue in writing.

MIX DIALOGUE, EXPOSITION PARAGRAPHS AND AMBIENT

Don’t ask. I still have no idea what exposition paragraphs are. Just add some interest by describing. Tell us the colour of the curtains or the burnt on the carpet. Too much dialogue and Domet says it gets boring. I find dialogue pretty much likeable. Again, I haven’t been published and can discreetly utter nonsense.

USE SHORT PARAGRAPHS OF DIALOGUE

Do you like speeches? I certainly remember school ‘civic’ ceremonies at 7 morning in winter (freaking cold)  and 9 morning in summer (already hot enough to have one or two faints). All of them a bother. Dialogues are there to have flow not to Clonazepam people.

IT IS A FIGHT! NOT A SCREAMING CONTEST!

In fights people do yell at each other. But they will use short phrases and not black Friday lines followed by exclamation marks. Or exclamation marks in a train of sentences…

I don’t know but in A family’s tale by Christine Nöstlinger, there are parts in which I’ve found three sentences in exclamation marks all packed together in the same paragraph. Although, those weren’t dialogue.

READ ALOUD ONCE YOU’RE OVER

The audiobook is for sure to be done and pretty phrases can end up being impossible to be said breathless. Mind it. Domet says it will have you noticing if it is natural or not. I say one needs the experience of talking to other people or listening to others in the bus (when you’re shy).

EVERY CHARACTER SPEAKS DIFFERENTLY

This is quite visible (for those who can read Japanese) in manga. Some characters are country bumpkins and speak kanzaiben and others are authentic Tokyoites. Yet… What is one to do when the difference is only in pronunciation? You need to listen to people. Go out and listen! Use spelling mistakes if needed. Ifigenia de la Parra (White mama’s memories), mentioned the possibility of using music paper; given the fact written words are deaf to tune. And they are. You can’t reproduce cadence or pronunciation just by writing it. Even the addition of particular words do nothing unless the reader is aware.

That’s it. May I get some dialogue through a comment? Pasto kalo.