Writing dialogue

Bearsy · 03-11-2011, 10:47 PM

I don't know how many of you guys write stories and the like, but does anyone have any tips on writing dialogue?
I'm trying to write a script with a friend, and the story is coming along fine, but we just can't write good dialogue to save our lives.

Captain Cannabis · 03-12-2011, 01:41 AM

try reading what you have out loud and deciding how stupid/fake it sounds. might help if you have friends read it while you listen carefully. if this is your only problem you don't have a lot to worry about.

i don't write dialogue so take this advice with salt

Kompressor · 03-12-2011, 04:40 PM

Also, write what you know.

Base your characters off the mannerisms of people you know and/or how they'd react to a given situation.

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Captain Cannabis safety word: more Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: m.i.a. Posts: 13,922 Thanks: 2,705 Thanked 3,174 Times in 1,812 Posts	try reading what you have out loud and deciding how stupid/fake it sounds. might help if you have friends read it while you listen carefully. if this is your only problem you don't have a lot to worry about. i don't write dialogue so take this advice with salt __________________ fuck the monkeys

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Kompressor Voice of Reason Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Illinois Posts: 8,361 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3,069 Times in 1,634 Posts	Also, write what you know. Base your characters off the mannerisms of people you know and/or how they'd react to a given situation. __________________ Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. -H. Bergson

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