when you find--
-- lots of em dashes at the ends of dialogue. my characters interrupt each other a lot.
-- lots of elipses and dashes. my characters pause their speaking and thinking a lot.
-- food. lots of food.
-- tea. seems they're always drinking tea when they talk. hmm...
-- sword fights. those are fun.
-- romance. lots of romance.
-- and kissing. don't forget that.
these are the things i've noticed as i've read through Eldala to edit for re-release sometime in the near future.
want to know the coolest thing i discovered?
even though it's my story and i know how it ends and i've read it like a gazillion times, i get so involved in the story that i forget to edit.
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That's a good sign. I sometimes have that when reading my own stuff and it's kinda cool.
I've never used em dashes for dialogue with a character interrupting another. Interesting option.
Haha! Nice! My characters drink a lot of tea, too :D They don't interrupt each other much...but that does sound like conversations with my friends and family :P
Em dashes and elipses...what would we do without-?
Love it when I read my own stuff and get all wrapped up in it. Happy editing!
Dawn - nice to know i'm not alone. so what do you use when your characters interrupt? or are your characters extremely polite? :)
Drea - tea drinkers/writers unite.
Kristie - i don't kn--. wait... what was i just talking about? it's late and i have no idea.
Are they drinking tea while sword fighting? That I'd like to see!
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