D is for Dialogue.
The words your characters speak tell their story. Dialogue is the difference
between telling and showing the action in your narrative. You may have a
wonderful, original story to tell. Dialogue breathes life into it. When I first
began to write MARABELLA, DISCOVERING MAGICS my husband read the few chapters I
had and gave me the best advice about writing anyone ever offered. He said.
“Let your characters speak for themselves.” I went back and did just that and
my story came alive.
Having
your characters tell their own story in their own voice can be tricky. I have
read great stories that still fell flat because most of the characters had the
same voice. It was hard to tell who was speaking. Not everyone speaks perfect
English. People use slang and colloquial language. Some use simple phrasing
while others are quite verbose. Some have accents. A character’s voice should
be as unique as the physical description. Sometimes that may be difficult to
convey but I find that it can also be the most interesting part of creating a
character. D is for Dialogue. #atozchallenge
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