Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Dec 04 2009
He said, then he said, then she said, then...
I had occasion to run across someone writing under more than one name and was surprised at how easy it was to pick up hints of their favorite writing voice. This was not a formal writing setting, but some casual comments. Now, there's a lot of difference between pseudonyms and fictional characters, but this all made me wonder if we make our characters too alike in their voice at times. It would be great if readers could read through a passage of dialogue from a writer and be able to tell which character spoke without the writer having to attribute every line of dialogue to a certain character. If two of my characters argued, would a reader know which character was which, just from their speech?
posted at: 14:19 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
I had occasion to run across someone writing under more than one name and was surprised at how easy it was to pick up hints of their favorite writing voice. This was not a formal writing setting, but some casual comments. Now, there's a lot of difference between pseudonyms and fictional characters, but this all made me wonder if we make our characters too alike in their voice at times. It would be great if readers could read through a passage of dialogue from a writer and be able to tell which character spoke without the writer having to attribute every line of dialogue to a certain character. If two of my characters argued, would a reader know which character was which, just from their speech?
posted at: 14:19 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
