tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post4196380346608095037..comments2024-03-04T03:40:11.172-05:00Comments on No rules. Just write.: Let's write some dialogue, she saidBrenda Coulterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-81562362241643244602007-05-26T14:21:00.000-04:002007-05-26T14:21:00.000-04:00Domino, you're right about children interrupting. ...Domino, you're right about children interrupting. But you rarely see that in novels.<BR/><BR/>Amy and Kris, I love dialogue, but there must be a good balance between that and narrative. As a reader, I can tolerate quite a bit of dialogue. Some readers can't. I have heard some authors and editors talk about target percentages for dialogue in a manuscript, but ultimately the only opinion that matters is that of the editor who considers buying your story. If she thinks you're using too much dialogue, she'll probably mention that.Brenda Coulterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528691681455659296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-8712154391323981632007-05-26T07:39:00.000-04:002007-05-26T07:39:00.000-04:00amy jane, as a reader, I prefer books that have a ...amy jane, as a reader, I prefer books that have a lot of description. Others prefer very little and lots of dialogue. I am reading a novel currently that is by a best-selling author that has very little in the way of description...but lots and lots of talking. I don't like it. It is turning me off to the book. I can't *see* where the characters are or envision what they are doing.<BR/><BR/>But some people like books like this. Could be your husband does not. But that doesn't mean someone else won't. There needs to be *some* description in order for us to visualise these characters, but there doesn't need to be paragraphs detailing each facial expression, the furniture surrounding them, etc. <BR/><BR/>Just my two cents...Kris Etonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822791622754789365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-72784540437064382612007-05-25T16:01:00.000-04:002007-05-25T16:01:00.000-04:00I've been a quiet person all my life, so my husban...I've been a quiet person all my life, so my husband told me to learn how to interrupt in order to participate in conversations. <BR/><BR/>In my stories, I work on overlaying comments in meaningful interruptions. Your examples were great. I think some (a small amount) of interruptions are more natural than everyone finishing all of their sentences. Especially if there's a child. Children interrrupt all the time - even nice ones.Dominohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05698502437170233088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9791523.post-7189003488445404122007-05-25T12:23:00.000-04:002007-05-25T12:23:00.000-04:00Speaking of dialogue, do you think it's possible t...Speaking of dialogue, do you think it's possible to have too much? <BR/><BR/>My husband was reading my first couple of chapters last night,then said, "I've got to look at another book-- the action moves fast enough, but it's like reading a play. I want to see if another book does this."<BR/><BR/>I reviewed what he read, and there's certainly more than talk going on, but that's the impression he left with.<BR/><BR/>Do you have time to comment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com