Tuesday, February 12, 2013

The New Dialogue & Action - Thoughts and Ideas

I have been exploring new possibilities of writing dialogue and action, or narrative, blended and fluid. Making them work together, cohesive and powerful.

He spoke like the commander he was forced to be, "Get out there soldier." He shoved the rifle back into the kid's hands, smacked him, hard: "Before I kill you, and the enemy myself."

Or

"Keep up, would you --"  out of breath as he ran, even stumbling, himself "-- or do you not want to live!"

I am trying out using different punctuation, different formatting of the dialogue and action. I mean, if we already use rules similar to sentences without dialogue, why not?