Creating Catchy Dialogue

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From http://www.authopublisher.com 4637 days ago

Renee discusses bad writing styles and how to spruce up your dialogue to make for a more interesting read.

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Written by businessavante
4637 days ago

I think Rod Serling started to bridge the gap with "The Twilight Zone" (B+W '59-'65). Still the snappy dialog, but a little more action, lighting, music, and occasional special effects.

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Written by businessavante
4637 days ago

Interesting, Ivin & Renee.

I'm no writer, but the local all-analog channel (RTV) had been running the 1955-'65 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" till recently. The writing was A-1, but it was "talking heads", which I think might've been the result of getting writers used to writing for radio (which was still very recent at the time). The dialog was very snappy - it's almost non-stop talk, but after 50 years of TV, much of it having "action", the talking heads began to wear thin after a couple weeks. Some had very good B+W lighting, some mere flood lighting, and music was used very sparingly (ol' Hitch was known to be rather tight w/a buck).

Duncan

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Written by yoni67
4637 days ago

Ivin,

Nice post. As a writer myself, mostly historical fiction, I find dialogue to be by-far the most difficult aspect of any work. Making things sound natural and flowing vs robotic is a huge challenge. One thing I always do before sending out a work is have some friends or family sit together and read the dialogue aloud. It give great insight into how it sounds and what needs to be tweeked.

Yoni

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