Michelle, another great writing lesson that so many of us get wrong. Thank you! I appreciate the detailed explanations and super clear examples, especially for the finer points. You show what works well vs. what clunks on the page. Bravo!
Perfect timing on this refresher, Michelle! Especially after learning last week how to cut dialogue tags from my own conversational three-way in my short story between Jasmine, Gabriel, and Fiona. Conversation between two characters are pretty easy to establish a rhythm of who's talking. But three or more is a bit tricky so I appreciated the feedback that challenged me to re-read my draft aloud until I got the rhythm I wanted - It really made a difference :)
Saving this to send to people when they have questions!
Many thanks! :)
Really helpful, thanks! She said. :)
Anytime! :)
Thanks for the refresh!
No problem!
I know the basics, but your list of the common dialogue mistakes is most helpful. Thanks!
Michelle, another great writing lesson that so many of us get wrong. Thank you! I appreciate the detailed explanations and super clear examples, especially for the finer points. You show what works well vs. what clunks on the page. Bravo!
Thanks so much for this, and for reading, Bruce! I appreciate it!
Perfect timing! Many thanks <3
So glad it was helpful!
Perfect timing on this refresher, Michelle! Especially after learning last week how to cut dialogue tags from my own conversational three-way in my short story between Jasmine, Gabriel, and Fiona. Conversation between two characters are pretty easy to establish a rhythm of who's talking. But three or more is a bit tricky so I appreciated the feedback that challenged me to re-read my draft aloud until I got the rhythm I wanted - It really made a difference :)
that’s so true! Happy this was helpful, Avi!
Thank you. Best help ever! I at times forget the rules on dialog tags and this is a definate bookmark for the future.
Thanks, Andrew! So glad this was helpful!