Showing Laughter in Dialogue?

[Sohia Rose]

This is driving me nuts! I'm writing a scene in my memoir where someone is laughing while talking, between speech. I would normally write: she laughed, giggled, smirked, something to that effect. But this particular scene needs the laughter "heard" and not told. What's the way to show laughter in dialogue?

[maestrowork]

How about: "I heard that joke... ha ha... why did the chicken cross the road? Heh heh..."

I know, it's infantile, but that seems to be the only way I can think of to include laughter directly in the dialogue.

[Sohia Rose]

How about: "I heard that joke... ha ha... why did the chicken cross the road? Heh heh..."

I know, it's infantile, but that seems to be the only way I can think of to include laughter directly in the dialogue.

Yeh. That's what I wrote: hahaha. But I wasn't sure if that was the way to do it, falling victim to "text-messaging" syndrome. I didn't dare put "LOL." :o

[Elodie-Caroline]

Hi,
I have a line of internal dialogue, where a nutter is breaking into my female MC's house, and It goes something like... 'She hasn't even bolted the door. Oh, wait a minute, she's such a short-arse, she can't, can she! ha ha'. It works for me, as we do laugh to ourselves sometimes :)


Elodie

[Sohia Rose]

Hi,
I have a line of internal dialogue, where a nutter is breaking into my female MC's house, and It goes something like... 'She hasn't even bolted the door. Oh, wait a minute, she's such a short-arse, she can't, can she! ha ha'. It works for me, as we do laugh to ourselves sometimes :)


Elodie

Hehehe. Okay, another problem. Should I break up the "He he he." or "Hehehe." That's what I'm faced with now. Writers (I'm) so anal. :ROFL:

[Elodie-Caroline]

I should imagine it depends on how the person is laughing. He he he would be a slow and deliberate kind of laugh, sort of sarcastically, like my nutter and his ha ha. But if it's an excited little laugh, then I guess it would be the hehehe ;)

Hehehe. Okay, another problem. Should I break up the "He he he." or "Hehehe." That's what I'm faced with now. Writers (I'm) so anal. :ROFL:

[Sohia Rose]

Whew! Thanks. I just wrote three seperate scenes and I didn't realize how much giggling was in there, 'til now. I guess it never bothered me before.

[Elodie-Caroline]

You're most welcome and I really hope it works for you. Good luck!


Elodie

[Dawnstorm]

Hehehe. Okay, another problem. Should I break up the "He he he." or "Hehehe." That's what I'm faced with now. Writers (I'm) so anal. :ROFL:

Depends on the rhythm, doesn't it? ;)

Heh hehe he! (Or maybe not.)

[Queen of Swords]

Just don't write "Haw Haw", or you'll come off as Jack Chick.