I wish this channel would make videos for specific genres. I notice a lot of their contributors have experience in YA and genre fiction, two genres that I find to be very US centric and commercial. It seems to be UK owned i.e a country with a canon of great literary fiction, yet never has guest contributors who cover that genre. Lit fic is probably one of the UK's best selling genres aside from crime which older people gravitate towards. I tune in and then hear YA, childrens or genre fiction and groan inside a little. While some tips will be somewhat universal, these are all very different audiences which demand different voices, vocab, levels of language etc due to age and tone so that's something to consider in future videos for Reedsy.
Excellent presentation, even with the technical difficulties. As a new author, every point and every bit of knowledge is vital to improving. I appreciate the time and effort. As I'm in my 11th iteration of book one in my series, I'm gaining so much experience. Thank you again for the significant points that will assist in my latest iteration.
Just finished watching the video. Trying to understand all the facets of self-publishing. I found this video to be really helpful! Thank you for the help 🥰
17:00 Common Mistakes in Dialoque and How to Fix Them 17:35 Tracy Gold's introduction 18:45 Common Dialogue Mistakes - Characters telling each other what they should already know - Characters talking in big chunks - Confusing paragraph spacing - Too many dialogue tags - Too many fancy dialogue tags - Characters saying each other's names too much - Characters floating in space 19:35 Characters telling each other what they should already know 25:30 Characters talking in big chunks 30:50 Confusing paragraph spacing 33:40 Too many dialogue tags 37:15 Too many fancy dialogue tags Bonus mistake: mixing up punctuation for actions and dialogue tags 40:30 Characters saying each other's names too much 43:00 Characters floating in space 46:10 Key takeaways - Summarize information characters would already know - Break up big chunks of dialogue - Use a new paragraph for a new character speaking or acting - Cut unnecessary dialogue tags - Keep dialogue tags simple-don't be afraid of said! - Cut unnecessary names - Show the physical world around the dialogue 48:00 Q&A
Ten minutes into the video and it hasn’t even started yet! FFS, if you absolutely refuse to edit out all the time-wasting preliminaries, at least keep them down to less than five minutes. There’s no reason to start the livestream more than ten minutes before you start the actual video. DNF because if you can’t get to the point in the first ten minutes of the video, it isn’t worth watching.
The info is useful, but Tracy needs to do something about her diction. That is awful to listen to. The cracking of the voice is an affectation. Try and speak natural.
Tysm for the free knowledge!! 5 technical storm issues weren't that bad. People just complain and are dramatic lol
Seeing examples is SO helpful! Thank you for this information
This is probably the most important piece of information I needed!
I wish this channel would make videos for specific genres. I notice a lot of their contributors have experience in YA and genre fiction, two genres that I find to be very US centric and commercial. It seems to be UK owned i.e a country with a canon of great literary fiction, yet never has guest contributors who cover that genre. Lit fic is probably one of the UK's best selling genres aside from crime which older people gravitate towards. I tune in and then hear YA, childrens or genre fiction and groan inside a little. While some tips will be somewhat universal, these are all very different audiences which demand different voices, vocab, levels of language etc due to age and tone so that's something to consider in future videos for Reedsy.
Excellent presentation, even with the technical difficulties. As a new author, every point and every bit of knowledge is vital to improving. I appreciate the time and effort. As I'm in my 11th iteration of book one in my series, I'm gaining so much experience. Thank you again for the significant points that will assist in my latest iteration.
Just finished watching the video. Trying to understand all the facets of self-publishing. I found this video to be really helpful! Thank you for the help 🥰
Excellent! This is really helpful.
There are some negative comments here which have nothing to do with the actual content of the advice. 🙃
17:00 Common Mistakes in Dialoque and How to Fix Them
17:35 Tracy Gold's introduction
18:45 Common Dialogue Mistakes
- Characters telling each other what they should already know
- Characters talking in big chunks
- Confusing paragraph spacing
- Too many dialogue tags
- Too many fancy dialogue tags
- Characters saying each other's names too much
- Characters floating in space
19:35 Characters telling each other what they should already know
25:30 Characters talking in big chunks
30:50 Confusing paragraph spacing
33:40 Too many dialogue tags
37:15 Too many fancy dialogue tags
Bonus mistake: mixing up punctuation for actions and dialogue tags
40:30 Characters saying each other's names too much
43:00 Characters floating in space
46:10 Key takeaways
- Summarize information characters would already know
- Break up big chunks of dialogue
- Use a new paragraph for a new character speaking or acting
- Cut unnecessary dialogue tags
- Keep dialogue tags simple-don't be afraid of said!
- Cut unnecessary names
- Show the physical world around the dialogue
48:00 Q&A
I'm Isaac Eshun from Ghana, I am highly enthused to be part of this free course.
Ten minutes into the video and it hasn’t even started yet! FFS, if you absolutely refuse to edit out all the time-wasting preliminaries, at least keep them down to less than five minutes.
There’s no reason to start the livestream more than ten minutes before you start the actual video.
DNF because if you can’t get to the point in the first ten minutes of the video, it isn’t worth watching.
Couldn't you fast-forward?
they usually start 3-4 minutes in, this is unusual. the guest was clearly having connectivity issues.
Watch it retroactively, then you can skip to the bit you want to hear.
The info is useful, but Tracy needs to do something about her diction. That is awful to listen to. The cracking of the voice is an affectation. Try and speak natural.
That sounds like her natural voice. (Remember, she’s an editor, not a radio DJ.)