Ahh! finally, I found the video I was longing for. Thanks so much. This will be useful for my book. Luckily I have only written 23 pages so I can fix them.
I love this week's video. Still catching up and I made myself wait for this one til it was the right week - I was really looking forward to this ever since I saw it on my Facebook feed. Now to work on putting this into action for my novel.
Great insight! Love this post. Very insightful. They all are and after I watch each one, I feel compelled to go back to the beginning and look over everything again. Probably not the best use of time, when I'm nearing 70k words and just need to finish :) But seriously, your videos have helped tremendously and I really love how you're now including some written words on the bottom. Then I can pause and write it down for future reference. Will your book Blank Page to Final Draft include everything that 's in the videos, as well as some of the stuff that's on your blog, like those master lists of expressions and gestures? It will be so helpful seeing everything in one place or flipping to a specific page when necessary. I can't wait!
Ooh, 70K...you are on the home stretch! I am SO glad you like them! ...Yeah, it took me a little bit to figure out how to do subtitles, haha. :) Blank Page to Final Draft, the book, is a more comprehensive and expanded version. I have a draft of the book now and I'm making note of what questions come up in the UA-cam series, so that the book can cover them! ~ Thanks for watching!
@@BrynDonovanWriter As I'm typing away-I do have a question about dialogue... When your story includes a main character's parents, how do you label them? Would it be Mom said (if in first person)? her father said (in third person)? Or do you simply use the parent's names? I've seen it done all ways and not sure which one is best or if you intermingle them so it's not super repetitive. Thanks so much!!
@@mcaplan5285 This is such a great question! And the answer is: it depends. If the story is in 1st person, it's "Mom" and "Dad" (or whatever your POV character calls them.) If the story is in 3rd person, most people use "his mom said," etc... and they find ways to keep the tagging to a minimum, so they don't keep saying, "his mom said" over and OVER. "Where are you going?" Bryn asked her mom. "To Starbucks." Bryn gaped. "Even though zombies have taken over?" "Zombies or no zombies, I need coffee." Hope that helps! :)
Great info! I notice that I struggle when I'm writing dialogue between two or more people of the same gender. Like, how do I make it clear which "she" I'm referring to with the "she said" tag?
Oh, it drives everyone crazy. If I ever write an M/M romance I'm going to do it in 1st person. :D It really helps to stay deep in the POV character-her internal monologue before she speaks can help a lot. Like: "I think you should go to her bridal shower," Maria said. Well, that was never going to happen. "I'll think about it." It's always a challenge, though!
I am really enjoying your series -- I just found it now, so I'm going through the episodes one at a time. One of my favourite authors, and one who did dialogue incredibly well, was Evelyn Waugh. Sometimes he used this clipped style of dialogue and it sounded genuine. It looks simple on paper, but it's quite hard to do. Here's John Mortimer reading an example of such dialogue from Waugh's novel Vile Bodies: ua-cam.com/video/9Php8WGd29I/v-deo.html
Thank you for these great tips! Starting to better understand our past failures and how to correct them. ❤️
Ahh! finally, I found the video I was longing for. Thanks so much. This will be useful for my book. Luckily I have only written 23 pages so I can fix them.
Oh good! :) Happy writing!
I like to write a lot on wattpad so I needed to watch this thank you.
I love your dress. It reminds me of The Unhoneymooners book cover! Great information this week, thank you for your knowledge and insight!!!
Aw thanks! (I had to look that up again and you're totally right! :) ) Thanks for watching!
I love this week's video. Still catching up and I made myself wait for this one til it was the right week - I was really looking forward to this ever since I saw it on my Facebook feed. Now to work on putting this into action for my novel.
Hi, Cheryl! Thanks so much for watching it. :) Hope everything's going well with you!
Thank you for sharing such practical advice. Taking lots of notes :)
Thanks for watching, Suzannah! And for the kind words!
Hi Bryn, I really like this series. It is very knowledgeable. Thanks for creating it.
My pleasure, Arpita! Thanks for watching!
Great insight! Love this post. Very insightful. They all are and after I watch each one, I feel compelled to go back to the beginning and look over everything again. Probably not the best use of time, when I'm nearing 70k words and just need to finish :) But seriously, your videos have helped tremendously and I really love how you're now including some written words on the bottom. Then I can pause and write it down for future reference. Will your book Blank Page to Final Draft include everything that 's in the videos, as well as some of the stuff that's on your blog, like those master lists of expressions and gestures? It will be so helpful seeing everything in one place or flipping to a specific page when necessary. I can't wait!
Ooh, 70K...you are on the home stretch! I am SO glad you like them! ...Yeah, it took me a little bit to figure out how to do subtitles, haha. :) Blank Page to Final Draft, the book, is a more comprehensive and expanded version. I have a draft of the book now and I'm making note of what questions come up in the UA-cam series, so that the book can cover them! ~ Thanks for watching!
@@BrynDonovanWriter As I'm typing away-I do have a question about dialogue... When your story includes a main character's parents, how do you label them? Would it be Mom said (if in first person)? her father said (in third person)? Or do you simply use the parent's names? I've seen it done all ways and not sure which one is best or if you intermingle them so it's not super repetitive. Thanks so much!!
@@mcaplan5285 This is such a great question! And the answer is: it depends.
If the story is in 1st person, it's "Mom" and "Dad" (or whatever your POV character calls them.)
If the story is in 3rd person, most people use "his mom said," etc... and they find ways to keep the tagging to a minimum, so they don't keep saying, "his mom said" over and OVER.
"Where are you going?" Bryn asked her mom.
"To Starbucks."
Bryn gaped. "Even though zombies have taken over?"
"Zombies or no zombies, I need coffee."
Hope that helps! :)
@@BrynDonovanWriter Great! Thanks so much!! Love the example :)
Great info! I notice that I struggle when I'm writing dialogue between two or more people of the same gender. Like, how do I make it clear which "she" I'm referring to with the "she said" tag?
Oh, it drives everyone crazy. If I ever write an M/M romance I'm going to do it in 1st person. :D It really helps to stay deep in the POV character-her internal monologue before she speaks can help a lot. Like:
"I think you should go to her bridal shower," Maria said.
Well, that was never going to happen. "I'll think about it."
It's always a challenge, though!
I am really enjoying your series -- I just found it now, so I'm going through the episodes one at a time. One of my favourite authors, and one who did dialogue incredibly well, was Evelyn Waugh. Sometimes he used this clipped style of dialogue and it sounded genuine. It looks simple on paper, but it's quite hard to do. Here's John Mortimer reading an example of such dialogue from Waugh's novel Vile Bodies: ua-cam.com/video/9Php8WGd29I/v-deo.html