[stylist] Too much dialog?

[Justin Williams]

Yea, if you can make the dialogue flow with the story, then that good.  Just
don't have it stop for their conversation.  

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Judith Bron
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 5:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Too much dialog?

In my opinion it is perfectly acceptable, but make sure that you don't 
divert into chit chat.  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Too much dialog?


> But what if, in the dialogue, you do put some discriptions of what the 
> characters are doing or looking at?
> Barbara
>
> If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
> you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: <LoriStay at aol.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 7:54 AM
> To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Too much dialog?
>
>> I've been told my stuff has too much at times.   A play also has a 
>> setting,
>> which is implied description, and actions, which are implied non dialog
>> text.
>> Lori
>> In a message dated 9/17/09 9:49:30 PM, poetlori8 at msn.com writes:
>>
>>
>>> I am not sure there issuch a thing as too much dialog. Isn't that
>>> essentially what a play is?
>>>
>>
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