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Date Posted: Tuesday, February 21, 02:50:41pm
Author: sk
Subject: Writing what they're saying

This came up tangentially in a response to ~delle's recent story on SB I -- the difference between writing dialogue and "transcribing" real speech. Most real speech is full of "um," "er," "ahhh," and many other sound effects, not to mention significant silences, but if we were to actually write that text in a story it would be almost unreadable. If you're a writer, how do you deal with "speech" -- how do you write what your characters are saying? If you're a reader, what do you think is most effective in this situation? Any examples of dialogue you think works particularly well? (and if you're both, well, answer both questions!)

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I know my own approach has evolved - ALOT! (r) -- Nell, Tuesday, February 21, 10:26:12pm
Re: Writing what they're saying -- KT, Wednesday, February 22, 09:59:09am
The interesting thing about dialogue in LFN fanfic (r) -- JayBee, Wednesday, February 22, 03:36:24pm
- this is always a challenge for me -- sk, Wednesday, February 22, 05:02:19pm
  - Well, the way I tackle it (r) -- JayBee, Wednesday, February 22, 05:39:54pm
    - that's one way to manage it -- sk, Wednesday, February 22, 08:45:18pm
      - I must be more like you - more visual than not (r) -- Nell, Wednesday, February 22, 10:11:43pm
        OK, this leads me to another question (r) -- JayBee, Thursday, February 23, 11:49:01am
        Re: OK, this leads me to another question (r) -- Nell, Thursday, February 23, 03:34:10pm
    - That's very cool (r) -- Nell, Wednesday, February 22, 10:15:32pm
  - Ah yes - the declarative mode.... *g* -- Nell, Wednesday, February 22, 10:13:38pm
Re: Writing what they're saying -- warren, Thursday, March 02, 07:41:31pm