Writing: Characters and Dialogue

Writing dialogue is not as hard as you're letting it seem. You have dialogue all the time -- it's called talking. If you honestly cannot think of what your characters are going to say to one another, you need to go take a break and go somewhere out in public. Sit somewhere in the middle of a crowd for one to two hours and just listen to people talking. Then, go home and write down some of the things you heard people saying. That's dialogue.

If you don't know anything about people in a flood area, you should do your homework and look up some facts here so you can have the two friends talk about them.

When you need to have your characters talk, just pretend it's you and a friend (or several friends), and have them say something you'd probably say in the same situation. Then imagine what your friends would say in reply, and go back and forth that way. As you become a better writer, your characters themselves will "tell" you what they want to say, because they become like real people to you.

Authors use dialogue as a tool for characterization because it allows readers to see how characters interact with each other, revealing their personalities, emotions, and relationships. Dialogue can provide insight into a character's background, motivations, and beliefs through their speech patterns, tone, and choice of words. It helps to bring characters to life and make them more relatable and engaging for readers.

Characterization is the term that means how the author describes a character. You can have direct characterization, in which the author simply tells you something, like "He was a jolly old fellow." You can also have indirect characterization, in which the author shows you what the character is like by their actions and speech, such as "A tear rolled down his cheek as he watched the car pull away."

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Whatever name you choose will be a good name - you're the author! You probably want a short name that sounds primitive. I'd suggest browsing through the links in this related question to help you come up with some good choices.

He began his career with General Instruments (GI), where he sold cable television converter boxes.

Popular Tudor (old engligh) names for girls are... Catherine, Katherine, Anne, Jane, Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth, and Abigail.

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You need to invent your own names - writers who copy ideas from other people end up in trouble for plagiarism! If you copy someone's names or ideas, then when you publish your story, they could claim you stole those from them and sue you for part of your money.

I use online name generators for the names of my secondary characters - the main characters, I take my time and choose special names from baby name books!

Here's a link to a good name-generating website!

ORGANIZER

A type of graphic organizer that helps you find general information about a character that you can organize and interpret later.

ELECTRICAL

A graphical representation of a machine circuit (analogous to Heyland Diagram).

You need to invent your own names - writers who copy ideas from other people end up in trouble for plagiarism! If you copy someone's names or ideas, then when you publish your story, they could claim you stole those from them and sue you for part of your money.

I use online name generators for the names of my secondary characters - the main characters, I take my time and choose special names from baby name books!

Click on the LINKS for character name generator websites!

If you think about it, you will realize that having a character want something very badly can create tension and urgency when it looks like they won't get what they want.

A Flat Character

If you are looking for a character name, just choose something that is appropriate for the culture and region. Names are rarely indicative of weight or parenthood.

Here's a link to a good name generator to get you started - another good place to look for names is the credit section of any DVD.

Indirect character thought can be shown in several ways, including how they act, what they say or don't say, and what emotion they show.

the caracter is more important than the plot

If you're going to write a book, you need to invent your own plots and actions! If you start depending on anonymous people on the internet, you're never going to get that book written.

Here's a link to suggestions that actual writers use to get ideas.

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Here are some links to help get you started - just type in "Mexican last names" or "Mexican surnames" to get even more answers from your search engine.

WikiAnswers is not going to provide 20 dialogues for you to copy -- that is plagiarism. You'll have to complete this assignment on your own.

To write dialogue, just pretend you and your friends are talking -- that's all dialogue is, people talking.

Winston Smith is the main character in George Orwell's novel 1984.