Comments on: Creating Fictional Characters—Part 6: Putting the Right Words in Their Mouths http://lillieammann.com/2009/07/16/creating-fictional-characters%e2%80%94part-6-putting-the-right-words-in-their-mouths/ A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:46:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2009/07/16/creating-fictional-characters%e2%80%94part-6-putting-the-right-words-in-their-mouths/comment-page-1/#comment-65419 Lillie Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:12:17 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/?p=2863#comment-65419 Lucy, Good analysis. The characters would already know what happened and wouldn't be telling each other about it. Also, we don't generally repeat people's names so often in conversation. Some of the dialogue tags are inappropriate as well. Lucy,

Good analysis. The characters would already know what happened and wouldn’t be telling each other about it. Also, we don’t generally repeat people’s names so often in conversation. Some of the dialogue tags are inappropriate as well.

]]> By: Lucy@Songs http://lillieammann.com/2009/07/16/creating-fictional-characters%e2%80%94part-6-putting-the-right-words-in-their-mouths/comment-page-1/#comment-65390 Lucy@Songs Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:19:40 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/?p=2863#comment-65390 What's wrong with the examples? In the conversion, we know all things what happened in the past, i think it is better for readers to learn little by little in the dialogue and not all the things in one sentence. It looks that they don't have "personality", it looks like it is robot who talk, it seems that they don't have emotinons and it is always the same "dialogue": "sentence 1, character said, sentence 2", too boring. What do you think of my analysis? ^^ What’s wrong with the examples?
In the conversion, we know all things what happened in the past, i think it is better for readers to learn little by little in the dialogue and not all the things in one sentence.
It looks that they don’t have “personality”, it looks like it is robot who talk, it seems that they don’t have emotinons and it is always the same “dialogue”: “sentence 1, character said, sentence 2″, too boring.

What do you think of my analysis? ^^

]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2009/07/16/creating-fictional-characters%e2%80%94part-6-putting-the-right-words-in-their-mouths/comment-page-1/#comment-37588 Lillie Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:36:33 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/?p=2863#comment-37588 personal (if you wrote Your Name @ personal statements examples, I could address you as a real person instead of a writing sample, and you would still get your keyword link), At the risk of sounding totally conceited and self-centered :-) I'll quote from an e-mail I received from a reader of my novel <em>Dream or Destiny</em>: <blockquote>I’d read a section of dialogue and go back to read it again realizing that it was so natural that it felt like I was listening to conversation. </blockquote> personal (if you wrote Your Name @ personal statements examples, I could address you as a real person instead of a writing sample, and you would still get your keyword link),

At the risk of sounding totally conceited and self-centered :-) I’ll quote from an e-mail I received from a reader of my novel Dream or Destiny:

I’d read a section of dialogue and go back to read it again realizing that it was so natural that it felt like I was listening to conversation.

]]> By: personal statements examples http://lillieammann.com/2009/07/16/creating-fictional-characters%e2%80%94part-6-putting-the-right-words-in-their-mouths/comment-page-1/#comment-37576 personal statements examples Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:38:59 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/?p=2863#comment-37576 These are really effective tips for getting out of the dialogue writing rut! What books showcase the best examples of dialogue for you? These are really effective tips for getting out of the dialogue writing rut! What books showcase the best examples of dialogue for you?

]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2009/07/16/creating-fictional-characters%e2%80%94part-6-putting-the-right-words-in-their-mouths/comment-page-1/#comment-36447 Lillie Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:49:58 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/?p=2863#comment-36447 Spot, Ideally, readers should be able to recognize who is talking in your story without tags. Of course, that can't happen all the time, but the closer you come to this ideal the better. None of our characters should necessarily sound like us, and they should all be different. You are so right when you say that is hard—it is extremely difficult. Spot,

Ideally, readers should be able to recognize who is talking in your story without tags. Of course, that can’t happen all the time, but the closer you come to this ideal the better.

None of our characters should necessarily sound like us, and they should all be different.

You are so right when you say that is hard—it is extremely difficult.

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