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Q&A I have a dialogue that I can't write directly. What would be a good alternative?

Tell your audience that the sparrows are cheeping and use italics for the translation. This is a technique that I've seen in a few books for communication that isn't verbal/audible the italics carr...

posted 5y ago by Ash‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:05:00Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Ash‭ · 2019-12-08T12:05:00Z (almost 5 years ago)
Tell your audience that the sparrows are cheeping and use italics for the translation. This is a technique that I've seen in a few books for communication that isn't verbal/audible the italics carries the meaning but it's stated beforehand that the character isn't _hearing_ the dialogue, often used for for mortals "conversing" with greater entities.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-06-02T17:36:22Z (over 5 years ago)
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