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I have a character who is a refugee from another country. She comes to the protagonist, and they have a couple of scenes together, viewed from the protagonist. I read about how important it is to ...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T09:14:49Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/37263 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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KeizerHarm
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2019-12-08T09:14:49Z (almost 5 years ago)
I have a character who is a refugee from another country. She comes to the protagonist, and they have a couple of scenes together, viewed from the protagonist. I read about how important it is to make dialogue convey information about the character, to prevent adverb overdose (e.g. "Blabla, he said wisely."). Intelligence I would indicate with a broader vocabulary. But how do I do that when someone is intelligent but should not have that vocabulary? If I write everything using described gestures, broken grammar and disconnected words - as it would realistically be - that person will quickly sound like an idiot.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-06-27T07:55:47Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 31