June 2011

Writing Excuses 6.1: Can Creativity be Taught? » Writing Excuses

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Remember last month when I flew to Salt Lake City for the weekend?  I can reveal the reason now.  I’ve joined the Writing Excuses Podcast as a full-time member.  So for a weekend, I was locked in a basement with Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler.  It was torture, I tell you.  Torture!  Having […]

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Exercise: Using narration and context to shape dialogue

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One of the interesting things about dialogue is that you can convey a great deal of information with it.  However, any given line can mean something totally different depending upon the context. The narrative provides the context through setting, pace, action, and internal motivation.  For instance, take the phrase “What did you say?” By adding

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