Tag: dialogue
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June 25, 2008 10:45 PM EDT --
George Bernard Shaw -- Irish dramatist, literary critic, socialist spokesman, 20th century theater figure, Nobel Laureate in Literature (1925), freethinker, defender of women's rights, and advocate . . . more
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April 17, 2008 08:23 AM EDT --
Want editors and agents to think your Pulitzer material? Want your readers to get callouses from turning your pages?
Here's a hint from a long ago writing conference that works like magic with . . . more
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July 12, 2008 08:51 AM EDT --
Earlier this morning I was reading about the financial industry. Its a bit hard to miss articles about this in view of the mortgage crisis and, last night, the government seizure of IndyMac. Some . . . more
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October 07, 2008 10:53 AM EDT --
I'm putting the finishing touches on my novel The Magic Pencil, and am having problems with the dialogue. I know to indent whenever a new character is speaking but I am getting confused when it comes . . . more
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July 29, 2007 06:26 AM EDT --
'You look so benign scattered in that box".
"Actually, I box you in, daily reminding you how scattered you are"
"I didn't come here to fight, I'm just saying pills . . . more
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June 27, 2008 09:28 AM EDT --
Air France-KLM fined $350 million
Thursday 26 June 2008
French-Dutch airline company Air France-KLM was ordered by the US Justice Department to pay $350 million for fixing air cargo prices . . . more
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August 20, 2008 01:26 AM EDT --
Dialogue (unless your novel manages to avoid it entirely) is something both difficult and essential to get right. It serves two key purposes in fiction: it furthers the plot, and helps the author . . . more
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August 25, 2007 04:58 AM EDT --
Imaginative harmony
A sought fortress in our suspense
Of creative dreams we answered
Before finding each consequence
Was stamped with human emotion
Where each value we sought to find
Had . . . more
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September 19, 2006 11:14 AM EDT --
'You look so benign scattered in that box".
"Actually, I box you in, daily reminding you how scattered you are"
"I didn't come here to fight, I'm just saying pills just . . . more
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September 26, 2006 08:18 PM EDT --
Honey?
( . . . more
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July 31, 2007 09:59 AM EDT --
When it comes to last week's comments regarding meeting with our "enemies," Obama clearly came out on top.
Obama was asked if he would consider meeting with enemies of the USA. Obama quickly . . . more
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April 17, 2008 08:59 AM EDT --
Lou buried his head in the pillow. The mosquito wasn't so easily fooled. The buzz sliced back and accelerated into his right ear this time. He slapped at it, hammering his ear. He tried to shake out . . . more
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July 24, 2008 12:40 PM EDT --
Most of us growing up heard the quip, " Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me ." While this may be true in some cases, words can hurt, stymie, thwart, and destroy . . . more
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August 05, 2008 08:41 PM EDT --
Hello, gather friends. Maybe you can help me with this one. It's set near Richmond, Virgina in the Antebellum time period (prior to the civil war). I'm having a heck of a time . . . more
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July 15, 2007 01:53 PM EDT --
Church bells pealed ecstatic,
Over the city’s din,
“Allah ho Akbar,” minarets crooned,
Loftily skyward,
Temples echoed euphoric chants,
Ingratiating deity,
The ambience collectively . . . more
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June 14, 2008 08:23 PM EDT --
From Robert Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire, Ploughman Poet
I like to have quotations ready for every occasion --
they give one's ideas so pat
. . . more
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June 25, 2008 01:26 AM EDT --
George Bernard Shaw -- Irish dramatist, literary critic, socialist spokesman, 20th century theater figure, Nobel Laureate in Literature (1925), freethinker, defender of women's rights, and advocate . . . more
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July 17, 2008 04:04 PM EDT --
We cannot kill or capture our way to victory .
-- U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, issuing a stark warning against U.S. overreliance on military responses, to the detriment of diplomacy: . . . more
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June 07, 2007 02:32 PM EDT --
Once upon a time,a man came by,
he kept asking about my name,
he said nothin else,not even why,
so,ignoring him,I felt no shame.
He looked strange,but not scary,
yet,I had no idea who he could . . . more
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May 25, 2007 05:20 PM EDT --
This will be a fun and ongoing game; ongoing as long as we want it to.
Okay, here's how it goes. I'll set the scene and name a few characters. You jump in with dialogue, props, maybe . . . more
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