Oasis: Chapter 9
“The Last Argument With Andy”
The infected Carlton clamped his arms around Frankie in a gruesome bear hug and sunk his teeth into Frankie’s shoulder.
Frankie screamed. He struggled against Carlton’s grasp, but could not break free.
Carlton bit him again, this time closer to the neck.
Frankie thrashed with renewed vigor, but it was to no avail. Carlton seemed to have unnatural strength.
I was shocked. Witnessing the brutality of the infected completely blew my mind. How is it that someone in so much pain can suddenly become a superhuman monster? I glanced back toward Zeke, only to find Read the rest of this entry »
Writing Dialogue – Part 5
Here’s the fifth part in Randy Ingermanson’s series on dialog:
If you like this info, check out his novel writing materials.
In the last four issues of this e=zine, I talked about
why dialogue is not like “real conversation”, about
what makes good dialogue, about the importance of using
dialogue tags, and about why Point of View is essential
to great dialogue. I made the point repeatedly that
dialogue is war.Let’s remember that there are hot wars and there are
cold wars. You don’t need bombs and bazookas to have a
war. Sometimes war is a subtle thing, with spies and
tea-time diplomacy and softly muted threats on the Red
Line to Moscow. Read the rest of this entry »
Writing Dialogue – Part 4
Here’s the fourth part in Randy Ingermanson’s series on dialog:
If you like this info, check out his novel writing materials.
In the last three issues, I talked about why dialogue
is not like “real conversation”, about what makes good
dialogue, and about the importance of using dialogue
tags. In all three cases, it comes down to showing
conflict, not telling it. Dialogue is war and you need
to Read the rest of this entry »
Writing Dialogue – Part 3
Here’s the third part in Randy Ingermanson’s series on dialog:
If you like this info, check out his novel writing materials.
In the last two issues, I talked about why dialogue is
not like “real conversation” and about what makes good
dialogue. In both cases, it boils down to conflict.
“Real conversation” either lacks conflict or it lacks
the right kind of conflict. Good dialogue has
conflict — lots of it — and the Read the rest of this entry »
