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Edit Post #32245 Initial revision almost 5 years ago
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Question How to avoid turning dialogue into Q&A session?
I noticed a problem I have in my fictional writing. My dialogues quickly turn into interrogations. Here is an exaggerated example. > "How did you do it?" he asked. > > "..." > > "Will it kill us all?" > > "..." > > "What about your family?" > > "..." I can spruce it up, of course. I can add so...
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almost 6 years ago
Question Speech tags for nameless characters
I have a scene where two identical people talking to each other. There is no difference in terms of their physical appearance. The only difference is that one is standing while the other one is leaning against a tree. What is the best way to refer to them in speech tags and narration? I don't want t...
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about 8 years ago
Question Sentence openings variations to avoid repeating determiners and pronounces
I have a question regarding sentence openings in English language. When I write most of my sentences start with determiners and pronouns (personal and posessive). This gets repetative quickly. For example. > Arkadiy Arkadiyevich was an interesting man. His nose resembled a potato... In my native ...
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over 8 years ago