tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500941927081282397.post4650011443224274472..comments2023-12-19T15:31:07.056+10:00Comments on Fullness of Joy: "When Men Run Out Of Words"Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14392427700183064027noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500941927081282397.post-75159953357136436942012-04-26T23:44:23.319+10:002012-04-26T23:44:23.319+10:00Hey Joy! :)
Finally here to respond. :) Yes, it h...Hey Joy! :)<br /><br />Finally here to respond. :) Yes, it hasn't been fun discussing this. <br /><br />I know what you mean too, about the writer always being aware of what the character is trying to say - I agree quite thoroughly! :) <br /><br />I have read over many of my old stories where it was so, so clear that I hadn't the slightest thought of the character's conversations needing to *mean* something. It was simply talk. Which isn't healthy in a story, to say the least! <br /><br />Though I do often have troubles expressing my character's feelings that are so deep they are wordless...probably because they spring from feelings that are really my own, which I can not express in reality much less in fiction! <br /><br />Am I making sense? (Sorry to steal your phrase! ;)<br /><br />I'm not really very good at discussing the writing machine! :) I get so confused at times....but its fun trying to sort all this out and explain it. <br /><br />I've always just written as the Lord Jesus opens the story to me...never thought much of the actual writing process. <br /><br />In Him;<br />AprilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500941927081282397.post-90154959344051393782012-04-15T09:43:31.513+10:002012-04-15T09:43:31.513+10:00Hi April,
Finally I get to commenting back (sorry...Hi April,<br /><br />Finally I get to commenting back (sorry for the delay!).<br /><br />Oh, that's very true that it is important to let the characters be themselves, to let them speak as they really would in real life, and not restrict them. So in fact, it really isn't the author who molds the characters, but the author gets to KNOW the characters that are there already in one's mind!<br /><br />Yes, rambling in real life is a very natural thing, April, but I don't think it should be found in the dialogue of the characters, natural as it is. Example, unless the author establishes in a dialogue a fact, emotion, choice, relationship, feeling or tension, or a setting for an incident that will help the story or characters in any way, I think it is quite pointless to record a rambling dialogue of two characters discussing the weather, or what they're going to have for dinner as they dry the dishes like we do in real life. It will only be tedious for the readers.<br /><br />You made the point that "sometimes there just aren't words to express the thoughts so deep inside". That's true, but only for a character and not for a writer. Because after all, we should be able to find the words to express our thoughts, right? If a character is struggling to put into words his/her thoughts, the writer can show their struggle by letting them blurt "do you know what I mean?" (nothing wrong with that!) but it should be in a way that the readers will know the characters thoughts, know his/her struggles... and aren't left wondering and thinking if maybe it was in fact the author who wasn't sure where the dialogue was leading and couldn't think of the appropriate words for the characters to say. While in real life, oft' those listening will never really know what the other person's innermost thoughts are. And that is reflected in dialogue. I hope I am making sense here :), and it has been fun discussing this, hasn't it!Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14392427700183064027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500941927081282397.post-40895107396535622912012-04-08T23:08:31.271+10:002012-04-08T23:08:31.271+10:00Hey Joy! :)
I think a great secret to writing dia...Hey Joy! :)<br /><br />I think a great secret to writing dialogue is to let the characters come out on their own. To let them just speak....To work on a dialogue isn't something we automatically do in natural life; we talk, we converse with others, we listen to them and respond in cue. That's the way a story has to be, I think any how. :) <br /><br />I see what you mean about rambling though in trying to tell others something. But isn't that a very natural thing? The Lord Jesus has given us such a wide and varied way to communicate, and yet the thoughts He gives, and the reflections He sets in our minds are often so much more varied and wide...Sometimes there just aren't words to express the thoughts so deep inside.<br />Though I've never had a scene like that, I think such a fumbling "do you know what I mean?" coming from a character in a given situation would add great color to a story and also build the character him/herself, or build the atmosphere he/she is immediately in. <br />Yet it would get boring, just like in real life, if a character was always saying it! :) So....like you imply here, such rambling dialogue in a story can't become the outlet of an ill-prepared pen! :) <br /><br />Very interesting post, and I'm looking forward to hearing more on this! :)<br /><br />In Him;<br />AprilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com