I realized recently I’m growing increasingly unwilling to read books without significant dialogue. This could be a side effect of my profession, dialoguing for 10+ hours a day, but I find myself drawn to getting to know characters through their mannerisms and turns of phrase.
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Replying to @TheBrometheus
Dialogue-heavy books tend to be (or at least feel) faster paced too. You can also be more economical with words & convey info faster via dialogue, in many cases, than you could through exposition.
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Replying to @YakovMerkin
Yes I am rapidly losing tolerance for lengthy exposition.
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Replying to @TheBrometheus
It’s just not needed most of the time. As we continue writing, we should continually get better at conveying more with fewer words
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Replying to @YakovMerkin
That is one style of writing focus to specialize into, yes. The same one I’m aiming for.
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Replying to @TheBrometheus
Just seems like the better option for indie writers, for whom writing quickly & keeping word counts manageable is more important.
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Bearing in mind different readers want different things.
Writing the streamlined and pulpy style is great for the lowest common denominator, the average Joe looking for a good time and trained for action through movies and video games. It’s a fun aesthetic style.
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Replying to @TheBrometheus
Agreed. And from the writer's POV, it lets us put out more books faster, which seems more and more to be almost a requirement as opposed to something nice.
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