Category: Blog Posts
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Dialouge Resources
I really love lists, so enjoy the spiral of reading resources I did trying to write my next dialogue article. Do you have any go to resources for when you want to write or edit dialogue?
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Monday Memes
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Showing vs Telling In Dialogue
Dialogue is essential often times in creating the necessary conflict in stories. But it is difficult to do mostly because of the easy short cuts that tell a reader everything the dialogue is supposed to convey. Take for example this exchange: “I’m fine,” she sighed even though she wasn’t fine. Nothing was fine. Cool. Okay…
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Monday Memes
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Social Media Check it out.
So in the last post I mentioned how much I love Pinterest and Tumblr. I’m working on tech savvy and I don’t want to pay for premium. So bear with me. Below are the links to my author Pinterest and Tumblr. Check it out and let me know what you think in the comments. https://www.tumblr.com/blog/camilegrant513
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Removing Filler Dialogue
Before diving into repetitive character dialogue it would be important to go over a starting point. I’m dividing dialogue editing into two parts. Personally I like to start with making sure cutting filler dialogue. Filler dialogue looks like this: “Hello.” “Hello.” “How are you?” “Good, how are you?” That basic exchange I have with people…
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Monday Memes
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Diverging Character Voices
In the glorious process of editing, I’ve been re-reading scenes, dialogue, and sentences. Perhaps one of the biggest concerns I’ve started coming to terms with is that I can’t tell if my character voices actually sound different or if they’re all still sounding the same. Part of the problem, is there are a lot of…
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Monday Memes
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Monday Memes
Monday Meme
Camile Grant 