How to write good dialogue is a popular topic for blogs this week. #writetip There is great advice out there.
Jody Hedlund describes Seven Ways to Develop Dazzling Dialogue.
Girls with Pens writes about 5 Basics About Dialogue You Need to Know.
But how do you know it’s good? You need to hear it. Grab a digital recorder and read the dialogue to yourself. This works for me. If I stumble over words I’m reading, I know it’s not right.
You get two shots at it. Once when reading, and once when playing the dialogue back to yourself on the recorder.
Repeat until you’re happy with how it sounds.
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I talk to myself all the time. I get embarrassed sometimes if anyone watches me while I’m writing dialog. Did you see the Third Mummy movie, where the author runs around acting out the scene? Well, that’s me.
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Talking to yourself. hmmm. Have your friends mentioned this? MIssed the Mummy movie. I try and “talk to myself” when no one is home. I get embarrassed, too. I want to hear the words myself first.
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