Great idea doing bite sized writing tip videos! The last part with the adverbs was defs what I needed. A whole video on adverbs would be helpful in this series.
I look forward to the 'snow not tell' video, I'm reading through what I've written and I think I'm telling SO MUCH instead of showing. This whole series is going to be great, really excited about it.
Thank you for making this video Natalia . It help me understand what a dialogue tags are to understand this better . And how you explained what dialogue tags are with tips with the examples were very helpful to understand the dialogue tags for beginners writers or slow leaners with writing . Thank you for your help . 🙏☮️
Thank for the video! I have a hard time not saying he said…she asked so this was a great reminder it isn’t needed after every single piece of dialogue. A few ideas I’d love to see if they fit into the quick and easy writing tips are…tips for writing scenes and dialogue punctuation. Excited for any and all of the upcoming videos in this series!! ❤️
I click on your videos so fast when one goes live! Super helpful, as always. Especially now that I'm in the self-editing trenches. Often, I'll use too many dialogue tags or adverbs during the drafting process to make things go a little quicker, and then do a more detailed pass during the line editing phase. These are great things to look out for! Thank you Natalia :)
This has made me crave vanilla ice cream 🍦 I think I intentionally add dialogue tags to longer, conversation heavy scenes just to break them up a bit -- one of my goals for my second book is to make sure I inject dense dialogue scenes with action, to make them more "visually" interesting in the mind of the reader. Fantastic video as always, Natalia! 😊
this series is gonna be so helpful. I'm not looking into writing right now, but I read a lot, so learning all of this and then noticing it in the books I read is going to be very interesting. thank you for all these wonderful videos you put out. you deserve a hell lot of recognition for your content than you do right now. looking forward to the series x
You did such a good job explaining this! I think a lot of beginners can get really overwhelmed with advice and sometimes the explanations can get a bit convoluted with technical terminology. Can’t wait to see the rest of this series! 😊
I would love to on the grammar of dialogue tags. Like when do I put a comma instead of a period? Etc :) Everytime I get a book copyedited that's the biggest fixes lol
did a search for interrupted in my WIP and came up with 22 hits. I looked over them and cut that down to 14. most of those are not dialogue tags but narrative description, three of which I made a note to change somehow. The only three interrupt tags I kept were 1. to emphasize rudeness, 2. to emphasize how out of character it was for someone to interrupt, and 3. to create a pause in the dialouge that followed. maybe they shoukd change too ... bit I like em for now at least. thanks for a fun search and find editing task!
I would love a video about writing in present tense! My main narrative is in present, but my MC switches to past when describing something that happened previously (like maybe off camera the night before, etc.). I think I’m doing it right but it gets tricky and I can’t find many resources on this topic! Thanks for your videos!
Thank you so much for your teachings! I started writing at 9 years old but I hated English class and suck at quotation. You have taught me a lot although it will not reflect in this comment ha ha.
Hi Natalia, I just want to say that this video was extremely helpful. I was wondering if you could make a video about present and past tenses. I generally write in third person past tense, but I find that I struggle with staying in past tense. Is there a way I can catch myself when I drift off from past tense to present tense in a sentence? Thanks.
oof, I am way too creative with dialogue tags. I keep telling myself 'said' is the magic dialogue tag, it's basically invisible to readers and won't make them pause when reading...but somehow I keep using much more playful and telling tags lol Working on it.
I don't know if you've already done this, but I want help with how to space large quotes in a nonfiction book. I think I'm looking for editing tips, how to set it up without using Tab
i dont know if this is a simple topic that you can cover in a short video but, how does someone balance story vs decription? i mean, how to fit in descriptions for people and places while not putting in so much that is slow the pacing of the story. (purple prose vs white room syndrome? is that most concise way to put it?)
How do you feel about "interjected"? Okay, okay, I'm _sorry!_ I'm very sparse with tags. I prefer the action beat. EG: "What's your favorite --" "Mocha mint swirl with walnuts." She gave me the glare, with a flip of her eyebrows. I held up a palm, gave her my sure-fire disarming smile. Well, mostly surefire.
Hey Natalia! I have a question that I've been trying to keep in mind when drafting. Maybe you could give some tips. What is the appropriate balance between dialogue and summary/action during a dialogue heavy scene. As someone who is very self conscious about the White Room Syndrome, every now and then I try to add action or emotions my MC is feeling. But I feel like I miss the mark a bit.
For me, "how" makes sense to come before "what." Oddly dialogue tags should come before. With her practiced poker face, she raises the stakes. "I raise ten thousand." "I raise ten thousand." She dared with her practiced poker face.
Question: one tip says to stick to said and asked. Avoid other dialogue tags. Ur last tip replaces asked with whispered intentionally. So which is it? Use better verbs for dialogue tags or stick to said and asked???
It depends on the context of the sentence. When possible, I suggest sticking to "said" or "asked," as these dialogue tags aren't tiring to the reader and often go unnoticed. In a long conversation between two characters, use dialogue tags sparingly. And when faced with using an adverb or a descriptive verb, I suggest opting for a descriptive verb. It's up to the writer to understand the context and how to best communicate the dialogue to the reader. These tips don't overrule one another; it's helpful to keep all of them in mind and know when to utilize each.
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Love your videos! Been missing them!
Great idea doing bite sized writing tip videos! The last part with the adverbs was defs what I needed. A whole video on adverbs would be helpful in this series.
I love the example you shared with “interrupted” because it made so much sense!
Yay! I'm so glad that helped explain the point I was trying to make. 😁
I'm late to this series!!! Thank you. I wrote 'interrupted' yesterday 😅 - quickly changing it!
I look forward to the 'snow not tell' video, I'm reading through what I've written and I think I'm telling SO MUCH instead of showing.
This whole series is going to be great, really excited about it.
Thank you for making this video Natalia . It help me understand what a dialogue tags are to understand this better . And how you explained what dialogue tags are with tips with the examples were very helpful to understand the dialogue tags for beginners writers or slow leaners with writing . Thank you for your help . 🙏☮️
Thank for the video! I have a hard time not saying he said…she asked so this was a great reminder it isn’t needed after every single piece of dialogue.
A few ideas I’d love to see if they fit into the quick and easy writing tips are…tips for writing scenes and dialogue punctuation. Excited for any and all of the upcoming videos in this series!! ❤️
I click on your videos so fast when one goes live! Super helpful, as always. Especially now that I'm in the self-editing trenches. Often, I'll use too many dialogue tags or adverbs during the drafting process to make things go a little quicker, and then do a more detailed pass during the line editing phase. These are great things to look out for! Thank you Natalia :)
Love your videos! They have helped me so much. ❤ sentence structure is my biggest problem.
great video Natalia! cheers from Mexico!
Loved this. Thank you!
This has made me crave vanilla ice cream 🍦 I think I intentionally add dialogue tags to longer, conversation heavy scenes just to break them up a bit -- one of my goals for my second book is to make sure I inject dense dialogue scenes with action, to make them more "visually" interesting in the mind of the reader. Fantastic video as always, Natalia! 😊
this series is gonna be so helpful. I'm not looking into writing right now, but I read a lot, so learning all of this and then noticing it in the books I read is going to be very interesting.
thank you for all these wonderful videos you put out. you deserve a hell lot of recognition for your content than you do right now. looking forward to the series x
Great tips! Looking forward to this new series!
You did such a good job explaining this! I think a lot of beginners can get really overwhelmed with advice and sometimes the explanations can get a bit convoluted with technical terminology. Can’t wait to see the rest of this series! 😊
I would love to on the grammar of dialogue tags. Like when do I put a comma instead of a period? Etc :) Everytime I get a book copyedited that's the biggest fixes lol
Just in time. I’m about to clean up the dialogue in my manuscript! Thanks for this! 💗
This was a great video! I'm looking forward to the series. I'd love to see one on transitions.
Thank you Natalia!! Very helpful. 💛
did a search for interrupted in my WIP and came up with 22 hits. I looked over them and cut that down to 14. most of those are not dialogue tags but narrative description, three of which I made a note to change somehow. The only three interrupt tags I kept were 1. to emphasize rudeness, 2. to emphasize how out of character it was for someone to interrupt, and 3. to create a pause in the dialouge that followed. maybe they shoukd change too ... bit I like em for now at least. thanks for a fun search and find editing task!
I would love a video about writing in present tense! My main narrative is in present, but my MC switches to past when describing something that happened previously (like maybe off camera the night before, etc.). I think I’m doing it right but it gets tricky and I can’t find many resources on this topic! Thanks for your videos!
Thank you so much for your teachings! I started writing at 9 years old but I hated English class and suck at quotation. You have taught me a lot although it will not reflect in this comment ha ha.
Hi Natalia, I just want to say that this video was extremely helpful. I was wondering if you could make a video about present and past tenses. I generally write in third person past tense, but I find that I struggle with staying in past tense. Is there a way I can catch myself when I drift off from past tense to present tense in a sentence? Thanks.
I am so looking forward to this playlist/series. Simple and straight forward tips are hard to come by. This video is so helpful! Thank you! 💕
I absolutely love your videos! Always super helpful
Thanks for the great videos. One on punctuation, dashes, colons, semi colons would be appreciated.
oof, I am way too creative with dialogue tags. I keep telling myself 'said' is the magic dialogue tag, it's basically invisible to readers and won't make them pause when reading...but somehow I keep using much more playful and telling tags lol Working on it.
Great video! More like this would be wonderful
Hi ma'am, can you make a video about explaining the Dialog tags vs Action tags?
One thing I could really use help with is showing time pass. Any suggestions for that?
I don't know if you've already done this, but I want help with how to space large quotes in a nonfiction book. I think I'm looking for editing tips, how to set it up without using Tab
i dont know if this is a simple topic that you can cover in a short video but, how does someone balance story vs decription? i mean, how to fit in descriptions for people and places while not putting in so much that is slow the pacing of the story. (purple prose vs white room syndrome? is that most concise way to put it?)
How to avoid passive sentences!
How to make and properly align sms text bubbles, topic idea.
How do you feel about "interjected"? Okay, okay, I'm _sorry!_
I'm very sparse with tags. I prefer the action beat. EG:
"What's your favorite --"
"Mocha mint swirl with walnuts."
She gave me the glare, with a flip of her eyebrows.
I held up a palm, gave her my sure-fire disarming smile. Well, mostly surefire.
And here I am using said way too much that all my Betas gave "use something else sometimes!!" In their feedback 🤣🤣🙈🙈
Action beats might help! Then you can do away with some of those "saids" altogether. 😁
@@NataliaLeigh Yeah, I combed through and fixed a lot of it. :) Manuscript is almost done! Can't wait to send it to you guys in May!
Hi Natalia, I seem to write a lot of diologue with micro pauses. Currently I am using (...) to indicate this, is this correct?
Hey Natalia! I have a question that I've been trying to keep in mind when drafting. Maybe you could give some tips.
What is the appropriate balance between dialogue and summary/action during a dialogue heavy scene. As someone who is very self conscious about the White Room Syndrome, every now and then I try to add action or emotions my MC is feeling. But I feel like I miss the mark a bit.
For me, "how" makes sense to come before "what."
Oddly dialogue tags should come before.
With her practiced poker face, she raises the stakes. "I raise ten thousand."
"I raise ten thousand." She dared with her practiced poker face.
Is speaking quietly really whispering ?
Why do you say “said/asked”? People generally write in present tense.
Question: one tip says to stick to said and asked. Avoid other dialogue tags. Ur last tip replaces asked with whispered intentionally. So which is it? Use better verbs for dialogue tags or stick to said and asked???
It depends on the context of the sentence. When possible, I suggest sticking to "said" or "asked," as these dialogue tags aren't tiring to the reader and often go unnoticed. In a long conversation between two characters, use dialogue tags sparingly. And when faced with using an adverb or a descriptive verb, I suggest opting for a descriptive verb. It's up to the writer to understand the context and how to best communicate the dialogue to the reader. These tips don't overrule one another; it's helpful to keep all of them in mind and know when to utilize each.
Hate to tell you this but your link for Enchanted Ink is dead.
Which one?