Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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GET ON WRITING AND WORLDBUILDING VOL II I https://linktr.ee/timhickson

Read Submergence by Arula Ratnakar clarkesworldmagazine.com/ratnakar_03_21

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Tim Hickson
PO Box 69062
Lincoln, 7608
Canterbury, New Zealand

Script by meeeeeeeee
Video edited by Cuenin (99% of the time) over at youtube.com/channel/UCypfUnArnktqIZYEBQBOu7Q/featured

The artist that designed my display pic! serem01.deviantart.com
The artist who design my cover photo:
- raidesart.deviantart.com
- raidesart.tumblr.com
- instagram.com/raidesart

Music by Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/creator

0:00 SURPRISE
1:36 Dialogue tags versus action tags
9:26 Let your damn characters talk!
11:38 Character voice and making characters sound different!
17:00 Word choice/syntax/metaphors
22:30 It's okay if characters sound the same (sometimes)
23:35 Realistic dialogue?
27:15 Dialogue vs summarising
31:30 Summary!



Stay nerdy!
Tim