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hello its Peter here again from

writer's life and today five dialog

writing tips that every writer should

know about one of the biggest problems

fiction writers face is when trying to

write dialogue great dialog is so

important in writing it brings

characters to life it drives the plot

forward and presents exciting

information to the reader it's used to

express characters emotions to vocalize

their fears and desires and allows the

reader to understand who they are and

what they want

unfortunately writing dialogue doesn't

come naturally to most writers it's a

skill that takes time and practice to

master the problem is if we try to write

dialogue exactly how we would speak it

comes across terribly when read all the

pauses intonation and random subject

changes but we happily accept when we're

having a face-to-face conversation with

someone cannot be written verbatim in

story the good news is however the

writing great dialogue can be learned

and here are five tips to get you

started first use dialogue to bring

depth to your characters a lot can be

conveyed through your character's speech

all of us through different ways of

talking depending on what kind of mood

we're in what we are trying to say and

who we are speaking to translate this

into your writing is your character

angry sad excited happy think about the

language they would use to convey this

what kind of person are they a

straightforward straight talking person

or are they absent-minded and forgetful

are they concealing something from the

person

are talking to are they intelligent

stupid sarcastic or funny think about

the rhythm in which they might speak

slowly and purposefully or perhaps

quickly and out of breath do they mumble

and stop and start do they forget what

they are saying do they ramble on or are

they measured and collected when they

speak even your characters a way of

talking that is consistent throughout

will differentiate them from one another

and make them seem a more believable and

authentic to your reader use everyday

exchanges to help you find your voices

the best way to create great dialogue is

to listen listen to the everyday

conversations that happen all around you

take part in different conversations

with different people yourself and

observe how they talk and react in

certain situations sit on a bus or in a

bar and take notes of the conversations

you hear you'll be surprised at how many

different types there are taking notes

and writing down anything that strikes

you as unusual or interesting is great

for using in your writing to enhance

your characters and influence your story

next avoid overuse of adverbs the best

writers of dialogue convey the emotions

and the characters within it if you find

yourself ending each speech with an

adverb he said angrily

she sighed sadly he joked excitedly then

look back to what you have written and

see if there's another way to convey

this within the dialogue itself if you

have written the dialogue well then

trust that your reader will pick up on

it on what you have tried to get across

rather than spelling it out

for them littering your prose with

adverbs makes for uncomfortable reading

- it can be very distracting and you run

the risk of losing the attention of your

reader if you want to be sure readers

understand the emotion of the scene why

not use an action instead for example

she dug her nails into the palms of her

hands as she spoke this is far more

powerful and will keep the reader

interested as well as giving them an

image to work with rather than pointing

out to them exactly how the character

feels next the dreaded actions everyone

has some sort of accents and if your

characters are from a particular part of

the world you may wish to get that

across in their dialect this is fine and

in fact can be a fantastic way to enrich

your characters and make them appeal to

the reader however if you overdo it it

can completely destroy your dialogue

readers don't want to have to struggle

to understand the character with an

accent so thick you would have to keep

asking them to repeat themselves if you

were having a face-to-face conversation

use an accent sparingly you could still

get it across without making your prose

confused and silly keep it short and

sweet

small talk is not necessary use dialogue

to create drama and to advance the story

we don't need to hear everything a

character might say to another ie all

the normal pleasantries

you might hear in an everyday

conversation your dialogue should be

interesting and full of energy

keep a dialogue where possible - a

couple of sentences at a time any more

than this and you

the risk of using the dialogue to convey

information that a person would never

believably say in an authentic

conversation remember the most important

thing is that your reader believes this

is a conversation that characters could

have if they have to work hard to

believe it it will become tedious to

read remember the best way to create

strong dialogue is to practice it

writers have to be disciplined creatures

and setting some time your writing

schedule to practice writing dialogue or

amending and improving dialogue you've

already written is by far the best way

to achieve this read your dialogue out

loud and if it doesn't sound right then

rewrite it again and again until it does

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Hello Peter here again from 

writer's life and today too scared to

write take action now. It may be that you

have never written anything it may be

that you used to write years ago and are

deliberating about whether to try again

it may be that you wrote something last

week but now for some reason feel as

though you can't write anymore facing

your fears about writing is something

that all writers must do at some point

we all have moments of doubt of feeling

we aren't good enough or perhaps moments

of fear that we will be laughed at or

rejected or simply that we'll keep

writing for years and never achieve our

goals there is no doubt that writing can

be a scary business and there are no

guarantees for any of us but if writing

is your passion and your dream letting

fear stand in your way

is something that just won't do so how

can you take action to conquer your

writing fears let's take a look at some

tried and tested techniques first fear

of failure fear of failure is a very

common writers fear it's not surprising

as failure for a writer can take many

forms whether it's receiving a rejection

letter or feeling you failed yourself

because your work isn't progressing as

you'd like the worry that you'll fail

can stop some writers in their tracks

try to remember that being creative is

about taking risks it's scary and messy

and chaotic it sometimes flows and

bursts with energy and sometimes stops

and hides away accepting that writing is

a process of discovery and then it won't

always be steady and

constants can help writers to let go of

this fear remember the more you practice

your writing the better at it you'll

become and the better you become the

more confident you'll feel just break

the cycle of fear and keep pushing

through and as long as you keep going

you can't fail next fear a feeling of

like a fraud even if you are an

incredibly successful writer you may

still have that weird sense of impostor

syndrome that you aren't really supposed

to be successful and that it's all a

massive mistake and that one day now

you'll get found out except that if you

are writing that makes you a writer no

matter if you've never had anything

published or you've written a

best-seller

you don't have to prove yourself to

anyone you don't need to make anyone

like your writing many writers are so

scared of not getting the approval they

crave that they stop writing altogether

if they don't write no one can dislike

their writing if they don't write they

never have to be pushed outside of their

comfort zone it's okay to believe in

yourself and to be proud of everything

that you have achieved remember that you

don't have to show your work to anyone

until you are ready and when you feel

ready you feel as though you have put

the work in and therefore if you do get

recognition accept it because you

deserve it

next fear of running out of ideas many

writers share the common fear that one

day they just won't have anything left

to say this can be particularly true if

you've already written something that

has done quite well how will you ever

top it how will you ever find anything

interesting

and real worthy to write again the truth

is that writers rarely run out of ideas

if they don't want to there are so many

different ways to gather inspiration and

you never know when a great idea for

your next story might strike so accept

that this fear is irrational and there

will always be things you can do to get

those creative juices flowing once more

a next fear of having no control when we

write our stories before we share them

with anyone they are completely our own

and we are in total control the idea

that we then have to part with them send

them off without any way of being able

to control the outcome or even the

timeline can be particularly challenging

for writers suddenly this project you

have put all your self into it's no

longer your own this can feel very

daunting indeed try to accept those

things you cannot change

once you have put your work out there

you have to allow for the fact that it

is no longer entirely yours all pieces

of writing are collaborations between

you the author your editor your

publisher and most importantly your

reader you cannot have complete control

but that's okay no true artist is

entirely in control of their work

because it is subjective to those who

receive it you can't control how people

will react to your stories but that's

what's so magical about them as no two

readers will take away the same from it

how cool is that writing can be daunting

but it also has so many positives so if

you're feeling too scared to write try

to take a deep breath take the plunge

and don't let fear get in

way of anything you want to do now don't

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finish your book our free writers

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