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Plots, We Got Plots, Part II.
As I've remarked elsewhere, the oldest engines pull the heaviest freight.
His dialogue is presented in italics with a dash and no quotes....
Just goes to show you that nothing we writers today come up with is new or original.
You can use anything at all to delimit dialog. Including nothing, if that's how you roll. As long as you don't confuse the reader, you're golden.
Rules? In a novel?
Yes, but maybe not if you're trying to get a debut novel published.
But remember to push the envelope. And keep true to your voice, your style.For your debut, to your thousanth novel. Grow, improve, and most of all, have fun with your writing.Yes, but maybe not if you're trying to get a debut novel published.
Anywho, I came across this link from another web page Boy books, girl books, kid books An interesting read, especially if you're former preschool teacher, about what kind of books parents ask for.
The Unspeakable Horror of the Literary Life, Part 29,308,543.
You mean that writers can work hard and write well and get published, and still be rejected at the last second on the basis of some random editor's misconception?!
Because heaven knows no boys ever read Enid Blyton, am I right?I keep reading that 'boys only read books about other boys, or boys won't read books written by a female author'.
Me.How many guys in here read books with girls as the main character when they were growing up? Did you care that the protagonist was female? Did you actively avoid books with girls as the main character? Would you buy a book with a lead female for your son?
About the non-standard treatment of dialogue (using dashes iso quote marks, italics etc.)
Why would any writer want to do this?
About the non-standard treatment of dialogue (using dashes iso quote marks, italics etc.)
Why would any writer want to do this?
And she was like, I Don't Think You Know What You're Doing. So I told her, I Do Too, but she just made a face.
I've been going through this thread and it's a gold mine!
Uncle Jim, I see that you write in multiple genres.
1) a) Do you do it all under the same name?
All the contracts (and all my checks) are made out in my real name.b) I'd like to write in multiple genres as well, some under a pseudonym. How easy/hard is it to conduct all business under the fake name? (getting paid, signing contracts etc)
Yes. No (heck, it's hard for me to point to one of my works that's all the same genre inside itself). Not to me it doesn't.2) Do you work on different projects of different genres at the same time, or do you work in one genre at a time? Does it make a difference?
Using dashes for dialogue was actually nearly mainstream for a certain time period. (I think in the 30s - 40s, but I'm not sure).
It's vividly bleak, desperate and suspenseful from the very first line; there's no agent on earth who wouldn't read on.
Hey all,
I'm new to the AW forums and I was just lurking around when I clicked these links. I was wondering about all your thoughts on the 'gender' discussion - specifically whether a male protagonist is required to get a boy interested in reading a particular book. I keep reading that 'boys only read books about other boys, or boys won't read books written by a female author'.
How many guys in here read books with girls as the main character when they were growing up? Did you care that the protagonist was female? Did you actively avoid books with girls as the main character? Would you buy a book with a lead female for your son?