destiny is all
Not really a tutorial per-se, but more of a suggestion/encouragement.
You know how every pixel on the internet concerned with writing tips has the advice of 'show, don't tell'? Yeah. For me, dialogue is a fundamental 'tool' capable of applying that advice in writing. Beyond that though, and perhaps more importantly to me, dialogue can be both what makes or breaks immersion.
From all the reading and writing I have done on Chaos over the years, there is one 'flag' that always stuck out like a sore thumb to me: dialogue that feels like UN Assembly speeches. I've fallen in that trap, you've fallen in that trap, everyone has -- it's absolutely normal.
My advice to myself and to anyone who reads this is to not be afraid to drop a one-line post worth of dialogue, even a word, a simple: "What?!" he asked, struggling to hear through the cacophony of war-type of post to accentuate the setting; to immerse the readers and writers further into the story that is being told. There is nothing wrong in back-and-forth of one-liners when it comes to dialogue, that's the essence of it, that's how we communicate in real life, as well.
You know how every pixel on the internet concerned with writing tips has the advice of 'show, don't tell'? Yeah. For me, dialogue is a fundamental 'tool' capable of applying that advice in writing. Beyond that though, and perhaps more importantly to me, dialogue can be both what makes or breaks immersion.
From all the reading and writing I have done on Chaos over the years, there is one 'flag' that always stuck out like a sore thumb to me: dialogue that feels like UN Assembly speeches. I've fallen in that trap, you've fallen in that trap, everyone has -- it's absolutely normal.
My advice to myself and to anyone who reads this is to not be afraid to drop a one-line post worth of dialogue, even a word, a simple: "What?!" he asked, struggling to hear through the cacophony of war-type of post to accentuate the setting; to immerse the readers and writers further into the story that is being told. There is nothing wrong in back-and-forth of one-liners when it comes to dialogue, that's the essence of it, that's how we communicate in real life, as well.
