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Jan. 25th, 2009 10:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
butterbobbinOkay, I now believe I know the two reasons Emerald Ballad is growing wearisome to me.
1. Everyone is conveniently a Christian or a heathen. No middle ground, really.
2. The dialogue feels so forced and ridiculous and everyone talks in the same awkwardly ornate fashion, including the men. Men do not talk ornately. Let's just face it. Women, maybe, if they are drama queens. But not men.
In my own writing, I try to make each character have his own voice and way of speaking. I don't know how well I succeed, but I do try. I'm probably guilty of making dialogue ornate sometimes myself. Still though.
And NOT EVERYONE IS A CHRISTIAN. Okay?
Okay.
1. Everyone is conveniently a Christian or a heathen. No middle ground, really.
2. The dialogue feels so forced and ridiculous and everyone talks in the same awkwardly ornate fashion, including the men. Men do not talk ornately. Let's just face it. Women, maybe, if they are drama queens. But not men.
In my own writing, I try to make each character have his own voice and way of speaking. I don't know how well I succeed, but I do try. I'm probably guilty of making dialogue ornate sometimes myself. Still though.
And NOT EVERYONE IS A CHRISTIAN. Okay?
Okay.