Question 1029: Dialogue, Punctuation, Pacing, and Packing
Nichole asks:I’m realizing how much more there is to dialogue punctuation and the like. Do you know of good resources that address this?
Nichole asks:I’m realizing how much more there is to dialogue punctuation and the like. Do you know of good resources that address this?
The fourth and final episode in our series on sparkling dialog, we deal with timing and how to use dialog and dialog tags to establish timing and pacing. Sponsored by Archivos Join us at the Every Day Novelist Forums
Subscribe Here! Roland asks: What’s the right balance between using dialog tags and replacing them with action? Are there genre conventions regarding this? Resources Mentioned: The Complete Book of Screenwriting, by J. Michael Straczynski