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Name: Anonymous 2009-01-23 18:39

Sup guys.

I've hit a really bad stumbling block when it comes to my writing. It goes something like...3/4's of my writing is dialog. No exceptions.

I believe that the dialog itself is good, but when I read the stories themselves they seem very quick. It's a very odd feeling, and it definitely feels like it because of the excessive dialog/description ratio.

So, if you guys have any suggestions, any books with great description or written by authors known for it would be much appreciated.

Name: Anonymous 2009-01-24 0:42

You can write well with a great amount of dialog. But the characters cannot talk like normal people. The Dune series is an example, people talk in long sentences and long paragraphs without interruption.

Also, reading what you wrote will seem faster than reading what others wrote. Same thing goes for rereading books: you remember vaguely parts of the writing.

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