Do you pronounce the words that you've typed...in the voices of the characters, you are putting words in the mouth of, as you proofread the lines?
I do.
The same GQP demanding we move on from January 6th, 2021 is still doing audits of the November 3rd, 2020 election.
depending on the story, i will sometimes actually work out the dialoge out loud while writing or even before hand.
You can’t truly call yourself peaceful unless you are capable of violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless.
do you really...its never occured to me to do that. maybe ill try it next time...
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The same GQP demanding we move on from January 6th, 2021 is still doing audits of the November 3rd, 2020 election.
I think all good writing, or reading, should be *oral* to some degree. If not read out loud then at least being spoken within the mind.
Of course, depending on content and company that *can* be a problem!
But I strongly recommend trying it at least. Ideally everything should have a rhythm, a certain cadence, each syllable have the smoothness, the rasp, the lilt or the heft demanded of it by a certain invisible architecture, that reveals itself in air as words are made sound.
Or, if that's too poncy, just think how much better all those 'mmm, fuck, oh--right there aaaah!'s sound once you give them a signature voice. Or get your honey to read them to you!
I for one try to see in my head the scene, if at a bar where they are sitting in what position to one another what music if any ect.
If in bed, are they naked, holding each other? or dressed to go out or coming back and sitting, or maybe making out. As air traffic controllers say, I have to first get the picture then I write the scene.
I like to write in the first person a lot and with lots of dialogue
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I think it's natural to imagine the dialogue as different voices when you read it, whether your own stories or someone elses...
I never read the dialogue out loud though, unless I'm reading for an audio story or something...that would seem scary to read it outloud...
I am working on a story at the moment, still on the first page and there is dialogue between me and a little kid...lol, I can't even imagine reading this one out loud...
Weird that I haven't thought about this before. Don't think I hear as much as I just read and see what's going on in the story. Many times I'll read or write speaking, almost whispering the words as they come. All the words -not just dialog.
It may be my love of words and my dislike of chatter that makes me read and write this way. Interesting : )
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I love writing dialogue. It's fun giving characters lines that get them to the point where they're tearing each others clothes off, but who talks sense when they're actually fucking? At that point, lots of mmmmmmmmms, ohhhhhhhhss and screamed expletives are the only realistic option, unless one of your characters screams out the name of someone they shouldn't have, in order to advance the plot.
I usually write it out how I want it, re-read it and act the scene out in my mind. If it does what I want it to, then I add any other features it may need. Otherwise I change the dialogue around till I feel its best suited for the scene it takes place in.
Sometimes, I hear the dialogue in my mind, and try to place the conversation in a setting that's natural. Then, I try to place myself having the conversation with someone I know so when I write, it's more natural and not like a sitcom.
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