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Dialogue 101: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Oct 25, 2008 15:24

Dialogue: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

With examples from Saiyuki, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, NICS, and Weiss Kreuz.Dialogue is the backbone of most stories. It's a rare story that doesn't feature dialogue, and that's even more true in the world of fanfiction, where setting a scene usually comes second to letting familiar characters ( Read more... )

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callistosh65 October 26 2008, 06:52:52 UTC

A brilliant post, thank you.

lady_ganesh October 26 2008, 13:41:54 UTC

Thank you!

whymzycal November 22 2008, 23:05:39 UTC

I think this is my favorite post ever, in the whole world. That bit on the punctuation? I might weep over how beautiful, perfect, and easy to understand it is.

lady_ganesh November 22 2008, 23:55:40 UTC

::hands you Kleenex::

Thank you so much!

whymzycal November 23 2008, 00:32:51 UTC

I've been trying to break my students of the commas-and-periods-outside-the-quotation-marks habit all semester, and they simply will. not. BUDGE. So it's really nice to see you championing the cause in such a simple and elegant way. Bless you, my friend.

lady_ganesh November 23 2008, 02:32:50 UTC

Ah, students! The frustration of molding the young. Thank you, again. :D