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In this seminar, we're going to discuss how characters interact, and how to write character interactions that do more for your story.
In this seminar we're going to go over registers and tone, talk about characterization, discuss the purpose of dialogue and how to write it, and synthesize all of these topics to talk about how to write all kinds of character interactions
This is sort of redundant.
So why did I just explain all of that?
why did you (Sorry I'm being mean. Please don't hate me…)
However, like most things, this is a generalization, and there are no "rules," only guidelines. And breaking these guidelines can lead to strong characterization.
I'm wondering if you did something like "However, like most things, this is a generalization, and there are no "rules," only guidelines. And breaking these guidelines can lead to strong characterization or very weak characterization." As there is a flip side to it as well, depending on how you do things?
Fundamentally, everybody (and therefore, most well written characters) want something, and they use dialogue to try and get this
Damn it. I'm at that stage where I'm realizing this beyond just acknowledging it. I feel called out :P.
On the other hand, a character probably shouldn't be using slang to greet the ruler of a sovereign nation
OH FUCK, I SHOULDN'T?
And if the dialogue isn't actually progressing the plot and getting the character what they want, it can feel kind of limp and pointless
YES. This is the thing I like. I appreciate you're ability to link back to the original "paragraph"
A quick note on dialogue tags: said is not dead. If you have multiple characters interacting, your audience needs to know who is talking, and often times an adverb works just as well as a non-said dialogue tag
Even more yes. This is important information (Well, no shit.) But I really think it's helping the seminee along.
And nobody knows how emails work, some treat them like letters, some treat them like texts. Think about how your characters would treat emails if you're writing them.
I mean, same. And you're not wrong when you say this.
