tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post8056516283908271219..comments2024-01-02T16:42:15.732-05:00Comments on Redlines and Deadlines: That's What She Said!ECPI Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00569261288668237013noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-10961867620427338532008-01-31T21:42:00.000-05:002008-01-31T21:42:00.000-05:00"Does the character successfully sound like a two-...<I>"Does the character successfully sound like a two-hundred-year-old vampire from France" </I><BR/><BR/>Thank you! This is one of my pet peeves as a reader and as an editor. Why does the aristocratic, centuries old vampire suddenly sound like Dracula from the 'hood?RK Sterlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01034917381901499281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-24304611177214773752008-01-30T15:56:00.000-05:002008-01-30T15:56:00.000-05:00Read your dialogue out loud.I'm a believer in "act...<I>Read your dialogue out loud.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm a believer in "acting"the dialogue. Not necessarily speaking aloud in various character voices (though I tend to do that sometimes when alone), but at least hearing their distinct voices in your hear when reading the scene.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure if that makes sense. It's one of those "I know how to do it, but can't quite explain it" things.Barbara Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136767476101027087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8983687699975451453.post-40924824037554440312008-01-28T19:26:00.000-05:002008-01-28T19:26:00.000-05:00Thanks for the raucously amusing title for this en...Thanks for the raucously amusing title for this entry: it reminds me of my favourite episode of <I>Futurama</I>, "Spanish Fry". So many crass jokes! Witty banter between Lurr and Ndnd! Good times...<BR/><BR/>Have a lovely day! :-)Tez Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13399027286593758485noreply@blogger.com