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Orrex

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4. A related tip...

Reply to nuxvomica (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 19, 2021, 03:36 PM

Jun 2021

Don’t start the story or a chapter with a character’s name, a]or at least be very sparing in doing so. Arthur C Clarke was absolutely terrible about this, and I believe Asimov was likewise. Regardless of their vast knowledge and enormous bodies of work, this remains a lazy trick that simply sucked the life from the page.

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Writer's Digest: 4 Tips on Writing Dialogue [View all] SheltieLover May 2021 OP

I try to follow Ursula K. Le Guin's advice to always have action with dialogue nuxvomica May 2021 #1

Excellent tip! SheltieLover May 2021 #2

A related tip... Orrex Jun 2021 #4

I read the short article and I think the tips are useful nuxvomica May 2021 #3

A friend self-published a fantasy novel a few years back Orrex Jun 2021 #5

thank you for this! Chili Jun 2021 #6