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People put a lot of emphasis on dialog, to the point that we’re often drowning in it. A heavy burden is falsely placed on dialog’s shoulders to solve every writing problem and answer every question. It’s often bloated, dull, and ineffective. Like a garden over-run with ivy, dialog needs to be trimmed down to a reasonable size. It’s only one part of the display, and less important than you might expect it to be.
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People put a lot of emphasis on dialog, to the point that we’re often drowning in it. A heavy burden is falsely placed on dialog’s shoulders to solve every writing problem and answer every question. It’s often bloated, dull, and ineffective. Like a garden over-run with ivy, dialog needs to be trimmed down to a reasonable size. It’s only one part of the display, and less important than you might expect it to be.
Read the rest of the article here!
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Another very interesting article! I've never really stopped to deeply question and think about what comic artists do with their dialogue. Although I feel that while shortening up a piece of dialogue to it's key essentials does free up space and allow the character's body language to come through better ("Cut to the Chase" in your article), I also believe that it shouldn't be done all the time--there's a lot you can learn about a person by how they something as well as watching their body language. An interesting example of this is Mei Ling from the Metal Gear Solid series--she's shy, but talks a lot to try and cover up her reticence. So it's not always what's being said, but how it's said and why. That said (yeash, a lot of "saids)--I can see how sacrificing this for the benefit of body language and page-space is also essential.
As for "Show don't tell"--well, it's as true a statement as any. I agree that thought bubbles (or any sort of mental dialogue) should be used sparingly (although they can be used to interesting effect as well; in the example of an antisocial introvert on a train or bus, if someone sits across or next to them as asks "do you mind?" the introvert might reply "no" but think "yes" while wearing a blank expression betraying no emotion--all which would play to the introvert's characterization).
All in all, very interesting to read, and well-written.