On Writing: Dialogue Basics! [ Sanderson | Game of Thrones | His Dark Materials ]
GET ON WRITING AND WORLDBUILDING VOL II I https://linktr.ee/timhickson Read Submergence by Arula Ratnakar https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/ratn... Thank you patrons — without you, I wouldn't be able to do the work I do. / hellofutureme (come join the Discord/writing workshops!) INSTAGRAM: / tim_hickson_hfm TWITTER / timhickson1 A WIZARD DID IT MUG https://store.nebula.app/collections/... EMAIL [email protected] GOODREADS / 18990222.timothy_hickson SECOND CHANNEL https://tinyurl.com/ybhtz42g where I put extra notes for videos, vlogs, board game reviews, and other stuff from my life POSTAL ADDRESS (if you're kind enough to send me a letter or something!) Tim Hickson PO Box 69062 Lincoln, 7608 Canterbury, New Zealand Script by meeeeeeeee Video edited by Cuenin (99% of the time) over at / @cueninscove The artist that designed my display pic! https://serem01.deviantart.com/ The artist who design my cover photo: https://raidesart.deviantart.com/ / raidesart / raidesart Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator 0:00 SURPRISE 1:36 Dialogue tags versus action tags 9:26 Let your damn characters talk! 11:38 Character voice and making characters sound different! 17:00 Word choice/syntax/metaphors 22:30 It's okay if characters sound the same (sometimes) 23:35 Realistic dialogue? 27:15 Dialogue vs summarising 31:30 Summary! Stay nerdy! Tim
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