tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694092506511551308.post6343909234414159885..comments2023-04-12T10:45:21.979-04:00Comments on Deathday Letters: Uhhhh...dialog is hardShaun Hutchinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01480241164653893038noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694092506511551308.post-89083960739643638322012-08-26T10:34:08.940-04:002012-08-26T10:34:08.940-04:00I think you've hit the nail on this one. Forc...I think you've hit the nail on this one. Forcing dialog never works. It always comes out feeling forced. I think one of my favorite books where the author manages to use futuristic slang without it feeling forced is MT Anderson's FEED. Libba Bray's Going Bovine was also really great at authentic dialog.<br /><br />Actually, that's the word I should have been using: authentic. I recently read a book that was so inauthentic that I was literally rolling my eyes as I read it. You just can't fake good dialog.Shaun Hutchinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01480241164653893038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6694092506511551308.post-66633503786271363962012-08-24T11:42:04.816-04:002012-08-24T11:42:04.816-04:00I find that dialog is both the easiest and the har...I find that dialog is both the easiest and the hardest thing to write. When it works, it usually comes out so easily, so natural. If I have to work for it, there's probably a reason the scene isn't working, and if I try to force it ... it's going to come out wack.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.com