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I'm writing a dialogue heavy scene. The protagonist has met with a group of mercenaries that he spent a great deal of his younger days with. He doesn't come to them for a catch-up however, he has u...
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System
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2019-12-08T03:15:27Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Dan Hanly
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2019-12-08T03:15:27Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm writing a dialogue heavy scene. The protagonist has met with a group of mercenaries that he spent a great deal of his younger days with. He doesn't come to them for a catch-up however, he has ulterior motives for the meet. The protagonist is sat at a table with his three old friends. He's filling them in on a prior event (one that happened away from the pages of the book). Here's my question... As the protagonist is doing 70-80% of the talking, how to I involve the user enough so that they don't forget about the other characters? For example, the protagonist directs a question at Person A, and they riff on this question a little together. How do I involve Person B and C enough in this part so that they don't disappear from thought?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2013-12-17T22:28:12Z (almost 11 years ago)
Original score: 3